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There's an animated air about her tango (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rita

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'her tango' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'there's an animated air about' is the wordplay.
'there's' becomes 't' (this might be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'an animated' indicates anagramming the letters.
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'air' is an anagram of 'ria'.
't' going within 'ria' is 'RITA'.

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(Other definitions for rita that I've seen before include "...Hayworth, ...Coolidge, ... ''Educating ...''" , "-- Hayworth, US film actress" , "Educating - - , film" , "subject of education" , "The Beatles' lovely girl" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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