The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 3 plus 5 letter word SONG AND DANCE
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More clues leading to the result SONG AND DANCE
- Elements of opera, ballet or pantomime?
- Fuss arising from Sinatra’s activities?
- Fuss, having to swap foot-and-mouth activities
- Air also moves in commotion
- Two features in a musical creating a fuss
- Entertainment creates unnecessary fuss
- Run taken from excellent ball by youngster? That’s routine
- Performance with ball introduced by Carol
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "commotion" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case commotion = song and dance.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.