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Drink Belgian ale at first dance (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rumba

'dance' is the definition.
(rumba is a kind of dance)

'drink belgian ale at first' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'rum' (rum is a kind of drink**).
'at first' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'belgian ale' is 'ba'.
'rum'+'ba'='RUMBA'

(Other definitions for rumba that I've seen before include "music one can dance to" , "Strictly round" , "Caribbean dance" , "Latin American dance" , "South American dance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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