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Song for dance commercial (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ballad

'song' is the definition.
(I know that ballad is a type of song)

'dance commercial' is the wordplay.
'dance' becomes 'ball' (ball is a kind of dance).
'commercial' becomes 'ad' (abbreviation for advertisement).
'ball'+'ad'='BALLAD'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for ballad that I've seen before include "Poem telling a story" , "Song type" , "A simple or old song" , "romance" , "Folk song" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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