The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 plus 9 letter word PRIMA BALLERINA
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result PRIMA BALLERINA
- Home in time after formal dance to devour a Pavlova?
- Important dancer having cracked rib, in alarm, pale
- A dance in textbook popular with a lead dancer
- Dance queenmaintains edge on a dance queen
- Bill a repairman falsified for top female in company
- Ample librarian becoming star of Romeo and Juliet perhaps
- ‘Ample’ librarian, all over the place as a dancer
- Uptight sailor and Parisian to go home with a stage star
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "lead dancer" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case lead dancer = prima ballerina.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.