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UK doctor hosting his association's upcoming dance (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mambo

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'dance' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'uk doctor hosting his association's upcoming' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'doctor' could be 'mb' (Bachelor of Medicine, Medicinae Baccalaureus) and 'mb' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'mao' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for mambo that I've seen before include "Quick Caribbean dance" , "voodoo woman" , "voodoo priestess" , "Latin American dance of Haitian origin" , "Dance derived from voodoo rituals" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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