The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word GALOP
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More clues leading to the result GALOP
- Dance round piano following young female
- Couple dance: miss work
- Dance composed by young woman before work
- Miss work to make music and dance
- Number love to be included in break dance
- Lively dance making country lass work
- Dance work substituted for last element of festival
- Gail’s first dance upset Ken, initially, out for another
- Girl requires a piece of music for dance
- Dance with girl before work
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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 = galop.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does GALOP mean?
GALOP noun- A lively French country dance of the nineteenth century, a forerunner of the polka, combining a glissade with a chassé on alternate feet, usually in a fast 2/4 time.
- The music for a dance of this kind.