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Weirdo backing party finally organised dance (7)

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I believe the answer is:

oddball

'weirdo' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'backing party finally organised dance' is the wordplay.
'backing' is a reversal indicator.
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'finally' indicates one should take the final letters.
'dance' becomes 'ball' (ball is a kind of dance).
The final letter of 'organised' is 'd'.
'do' in reverse letter order is 'od'.
'od'+'d'+'ball'='ODDBALL'

(Other definitions for oddball that I've seen before include "Unusual" , "Eccentric person like peculiar sphere" , "Bold lad (anag)" , "Crackpot" , "eccentric type" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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