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Brown to leave dance (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tango

'dance' is the definition.
(I know that tango is a more specific form of the action dance)

'brown to leave' is the wordplay.
'brown' becomes 'tan' (tan is a kind of brown).
'to leave' becomes 'go' (both can mean to depart).
'tan'+'go'='TANGO'

(Other definitions for tango that I've seen before include "uniform to follow" , "Dance originating in Argentina" , "tee" , "Dance music" , "Last - in Paris (film)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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