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Style of music played in nightclub (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

disco

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'nightclub' is the definition.
(a disco is a club for dancing)

'style of music played' is the wordplay.
'style' becomes 'dis' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'of' becomes 'o''.
'music' becomes 'c'.
'played' is an anagram indicator (letters playing around).
'o'+'c'='oc'
'oc' with letters rearranged gives 'co'.
'dis'+'co'='DISCO'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for disco that I've seen before include "20 club" , "Type of music" , "Nightclub with dancing to recorded music" , "Musical party" , "Dancehall with recorded music, in short" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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