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When a girl gets to tango, there's buoyant rhythm (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lilt

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'rhythm' is the definition.
(lilt is a kind of rhythm)

'when a girl gets to tango there's buoyant' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'girl' could be 'lil' and 'lil' is located in the answer.
'tango' could be 't' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 't' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for lilt that I've seen before include "Cadence (in speech)" , "Jaunty musical rhythm" , "Pleasant gentle accent" , "Sing happily" , "Swing - rhythm" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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