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Sprain muscle going about tango opener (4,3)

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I believe the answer is:

pull tab

'opener' is the definition.
(a pull tab is pulled to open a can)

'sprain muscle going about tango' is the wordplay.
'sprain' becomes 'pull' (as in pulling or straining a muscle).
'muscle' becomes 'ab' (short for abdominal muscle).
'going about' is an insertion indicator.
'tango' becomes 'T' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'pull'+'ab'='pullab'
'pullab' placed around 't' is 'PULL-TAB'.

(Another definition for pull tab that I've seen is " Can opener".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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