Something for the ballroom – s’ neither red nor green by the sound of it? (5)
I believe the answer is:
samba
'something for the ballroom s' neither red nor green' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'by the sound of it?' is the wordplay.
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the sound of' becomes 'mba' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'it?' becomes 'sa' (old-fashioned abbreviation for sex appeal).
'mba' after 'sa' is 'SAMBA'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for samba that I've seen before include "Dance music" , "South American dance" , "This ambassador's > brisk steps" , "Latin dance" , "it was launched in Brazil" .)