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Date and I loved dancing and were a good match (10)

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I believe the answer is:

dovetailed

'were a good match' is the definition.
(if two things dovetail they fit together well)

'date and i loved dancing' is the wordplay.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'dancing' indicates an anagram.
'i'+'loved'='iloved'
'date' put after 'iloved' is 'iloveddate'.
'iloveddate' is an anagram of 'DOVETAILED'.

'and' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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