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Twirl in tango with violin, losing head (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

twiddle

'twirl' is the definition.
('twiddle' can be a synonym of 'twirl')

'tango with violin losing head' is the wordplay.
'tango' becomes 't' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'with' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'violin' becomes 'fiddle' ('fiddle' can be a synonym of 'violin').
'losing head' means to remove the first letter.
'fiddle' with its initial letter taken away is 'iddle'.
't'+'w'+'iddle'='TWIDDLE'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for twiddle that I've seen before include "Play nervously (with something)" , "Twirl (thumbs?)" , "Finger idly" , "Idly rotate (one's thumbs?)" , "Jiggle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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