The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word GLISSADE
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More clues leading to the result GLISSADE
- Gutless gents put out with ladies’ controlled descent
- Learner’s depressed during extremely gauche dance movement
- Legs said to be bandy for ballet step
- German ladies confused about second movement in ballet
- Girl, gutted, feels down at the end of unfortunate dance step
- Slide down into church abroad, having lifted roof
- Movement of dancer‘s damaged leg to house is pitiful
- Dance move — glide, a sliding step primarily
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Movement of dancer" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case movement of dancer = glissade.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 GLISSADE mean?
GLISSADE noun- A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps (Wikipedia).
- A gliding step beginning and ending in a demi-plié in second position (Wikipedia).
- A move in some dances such as the galop (Wikipedia).
- A fencing move that may disarm the opponent (Wikipedia).
- To perform a glissade.