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Wandering eyes pry and ogle captivating Southern exotic dancer (5,4,3)

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I believe the answer is:

gypsy rose lee

'exotic dancer' is the definition.
(I know that Gypsy Rose Lee is a exotic dancer)

'wandering eyes pry and ogle captivating southern' is the wordplay.
'wandering' indicates anagramming the letters.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'captivating' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are captured or captivated).
'southern' becomes 's' (abbreviation).
'eyes'+'pry'+'ogle'='eyespryogle'
'eyespryogle' anagrammed gives 'gypsyroelee'.
'gypsyroelee' placed around 's' is 'GYPSY ROSE LEE'.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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