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Wrongly help slave girl bend at dance (3,3,4)

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I believe the answer is:

aid and abet

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'wrongly help slave' is the definition.
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'girl bend at dance' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'aida' ().
'dance' is an anagram indicator.
'bend'+'at'='bendat'
'bendat' is an anagram of 'ndabet'.
'aida'+'ndabet'='AID AND ABET'

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