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Be repulsive as you dance round the piano (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

repel

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'be repulsive as you' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'dance round the piano' is the wordplay.
'dance' becomes 'reel' (reel is a kind of dance).
'round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the piano' becomes 'p'.
'reel' going around 'p' is 'REPEL'.

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(Other definitions for repel that I've seen before include "See off" , "Reject" , "Drive back, rebuff" , "Put off - disgust" , "Drive back or disgust" .)

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