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Steps to curtail daily gossip (3-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cha-cha

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'steps' is the definition.
(I have seen 'certain steps' mean 'cha-cha' so perhaps 'steps' could also mean 'cha-cha')

'curtail daily gossip' is the wordplay.
'curtail' means to remove the last letter (I've seen 'curtailed' mean this).
'daily' becomes 'char' (both can mean a cleaner).
'gossip' becomes 'cha' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'char' with its final letter taken off is 'cha'.
'cha'+'cha'='CHA-CHA'

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for cha-cha that I've seen before include "certain steps" , "Modern ballroom dance from Latin America" , "Latin American ballroom dance" , "Repetitive Latin American dance" , "Latin-American dance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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