Cryptic crossword clue
Movers exciting Don Quixote? Initially the old man dances 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PAVANES

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The straight part
We know that "dances" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case dances = pavanes.
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What does PAVANES mean?

PAVANES noun
  1. A musical style characteristic of the 16th and 17th centuries.
  2. A moderately slow, courtly processional dance in duple time/meter.

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