The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word FOOTLOOSE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result FOOTLOOSE
- Free service’s ending, pay ladies and gentlemen to go ahead
- Pay John’s tab for free
- Moving freely, ankle screws removed?
- Able to go and pay for toilet with a quarter
- Able to travel distance over bog and empty steppe
- Free to pay for facilities on top of Everest
- Fancy-free member and miss, embracing love
- Unattached fellow, very uplifted by love, enthralled by miss
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The straight part
We know that "Fancy-free" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fancy-free = footloose.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does FOOTLOOSE mean?
FOOTLOOSE adjective- Tending to travel or do as one pleases; readily without many commitments or responsibility.
- Of a sail: not properly secured at the bottom.