TLS 839

[blinker]

6d dancing with her out on the patio to the ...........orchestra (budd schulberg what makes sammy run) (5)

R?M?A could it be rumba?

[Count-A-Strong]

If it is, it's spelt wrong.

[factor-fiction]

In that book it was the rhumba orchestra.

http://www.google.co....%22&btnG=Search+Books

[blinker]

Thank you both. There are only 5 letters in the clue so a mistake somewhere.

[hypotheses]

Chambers has rumba and rhumba as alternatives. So I'm guessing that rumba is correct here, as the "R-M-A" all fit, and the "rhumba" reference in Google is as likely to be a misprint as the crossword solution!