The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ALMA
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More clues leading to the result ALMA
- Game leader departing with a word of appreciation in Asian city, once
- Female graduate taking on a learner
- Passage from memorial mass for Mahler?
- Some exceptional majority
- The essence of Italy, Latin penned by a master
- Female entertained by jovial males
- Dancer in topical magazine
- Board game not hard? It was a battle
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The straight part
We know that "Dancer" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case dancer = alma.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.