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Prove aunt is best at dancing (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

substantiate

'prove' is the definition.
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'aunt is best at dancing' is the wordplay.
'dancing' is an anagram indicator.
'aunt'+'is'+'best'+'at'='auntisbestat'
'auntisbestat' is an anagram of 'SUBSTANTIATE'.

(Other definitions for substantiate that I've seen before include "Prove truth of (charge)" , "Prove to be true" , "Confirm" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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