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Film cast able, without feet, to dance naked! (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

casablanca

'film cast able without feet to dance naked' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'film cast able without feet to dance naked' is the wordplay.
'film' becomes 'casa' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cast' indicates an anagram.
'without feet' means to remove the last letter (I've seen 'without foot' mean this).
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'naked' says to take the centre.
The central letters of 'dance' are 'anc'.
'able' with its last letter removed is 'abl'.
'abl'+'anc'='ablanc'
'ablanc' with letters rearranged gives 'blanca'.
'casa'+'blanca'='CASABLANCA'

(Other definitions for casablanca that I've seen before include "Moroccan city; film" , "City and port of Morocco" , "Moroccan port - 1942 Bogart/Bergman film" , "Bogart movie" , "1942 film starring Bogart and Bergman" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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