The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word TWO-STEP
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result TWO-STEP
- Dance that we often show to each partner, first of all
- Shifting wet spot moves from Texas
- Finally tempt tame pig to get up and dance
- Pas de deux?
- Company it’s claimed with time in part of autumn for dance
- Domestic pig gets up on tiptoe to dance
- Couple on stage dance
- Swept to wild dance
- Dance we tots executed to get a bit of popularity
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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 = two-step.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 TWO-STEP mean?
TWO-STEP noun- A ballroom dance in duple time, having long, sliding steps
- A piece of music for this dance