The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SARABAND
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result SARABAND
- Dance with girl born first
- Dance as Bedouin in his element?
- Middle Easterner in desert surroundings
- Dance of Bedouin in desert
- Dance orchestra with woman leader
- Artists backed by a musical group for dance
- Write up piece of music as, also, dance tune
- Dance with a Kuwaiti in desert
- Dance with a Bedouin, say in the desert
- Indian chef is coming up after Harry's daughter; she is one of the 29
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The straight part
We know that "Dance" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case dance = saraband.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.
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What does SARABAND mean?
SARABAND noun- A 16th century Spanish dance; the zarabanda
- A stately Baroque dance in slow triple time
- The music for either dance of the same name.