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Relative entering Highland dance and showing off (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

flaunting

'showing off' is the definition.
('flaunt' can be a synonym of 'show off')

'relative entering highland dance' is the wordplay.
'relative' becomes 'aunt' (aunt is a type of relative).
'entering' is an insertion indicator.
'highland dance' becomes 'fling' (I've seen this before).
'aunt' placed inside 'fling' is 'FLAUNTING'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for flaunting that I've seen before include "Ostentatiously displaying" , "Showing off" .)

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