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Dance for lunatic ex-president (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nutbush

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'dance' is the definition.
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'lunatic ex-president' is the wordplay.
'lunatic' becomes 'nut' (I've seen this before).
'ex-president' becomes 'Bush' (either of the George Bushes).
'nut'+'bush'='NUTBUSH'

'for' acts as a link.

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