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Tango with novel footwear in song from musical (3,3,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tea for two

'song from musical' is the definition.
(song from the musical No No Nanette)

'tango with novel footwear' is the wordplay.
'tango' becomes 't' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'novel' is an anagram indicator.
'footwear' anagrammed gives 'eafortwo'.
't'+'eafortwo'='TEA FOR TWO'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tea for two that I've seen before include "Musical number" , "Song from musical No, No, Nanette" , "Popular 1925 song (for afternoon drinking companions?)" , "Air" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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