The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word NUREYEV
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result NUREYEV
- Dancer’s very visual awareness directed upwards
- Stand up and look at very good dancer
- Head ultimately shunned by every exotic dancer
- Looker, career soaring, very famous dancer
- Dancer to watch Classical figure after career possibly over
- Wrongly rue envy for one who was light on his feet
- Hurry back and watch Kirov’s last dancer
- Vixen’s first mince pie managed to be brought up for Rudolf
- Dash over to look at Kirov’s latest dancer
- Following success in theatre turned up to watch very famous dancer
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "famous dancer" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case famous dancer = nureyev.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.