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Dance with officer supporting female hobbling (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

flamenco

'dance' is the definition.
(flamenco is a kind of dance)

'officer supporting female hobbling' is the wordplay.
'officer' becomes 'NCO' (abbreviation for non-commissioned officer).
'supporting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'female' becomes 'f' (common abbreviation).
'hobbling' becomes 'lame' (both can mean walking with difficulty).
'f'+'lame'='flame'
'nco' put after 'flame' is 'FLAMENCO'.

'with' is the link.

(Other definitions for flamenco that I've seen before include "Gipsy dance" , "Spanish guitar music" , "Dramatic Andalusian kind of song and dance" , "Energetic steps" , "Dance performed with castanets" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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