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Seductive dancer to accept honour in exchange for money (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

salome

'seductive dancer' is the definition.
(dancer in the Bible)

'to accept honour in exchange for money' is the wordplay.
'to accept' is an insertion indicator.
'honour in' becomes 'om' (I am not sure about the 'in' bit.).
'exchange for money' becomes 'sale'.
'om' inserted into 'sale' is 'SALOME'.

(Other definitions for salome that I've seen before include "Asked for the head of John the Baptist" , "Opera by Richard Strauss" , "Seven veils dancer" , "She demanded head of John the Baptist" , "Biblical dancer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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