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Let's dance in pants in private (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

clandestine

'private' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'let's dance in pants' is the wordplay.
'pants' indicates an anagram (UK informal term for 'nonsense' or 'rubbish').
'lets'+'dance'+'in'='letsdancein'
'letsdancein' is an anagram of 'CLANDESTINE'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for clandestine that I've seen before include "through the backdoor" , "Private" , "Done secretly" , "Concealed" , "Undercover" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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