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Staggered through dance? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reeled

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'staggered' is the definition.
('reel' can be a synonym of 'stagger')

'dance?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'dance?' could be 'reel' (reel is a kind of dance) and 'reel' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ed' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'through' is the link.

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(Other definitions for reeled that I've seen before include "Staggered in a dance perhaps" , "'Staggered, spun around (6)'" , "Staggered (at a Highland ball?)" , "swam around" , "Staggered about in lively dance?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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