The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SALOME
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result SALOME
- Transaction involves award for Richard Strauss opera
- Seductive dancer‘s short time gyrating in exchange for money
- Transaction, involving award for woman getting head on a plate
- Dancer has oomph – behold this person!
- Dancer to see in uniform
- Almost everyone’s entertained by a little opera
- Seductress not changing welcoming look
- Crux of plot appears in similar opera
- A few absorb nearly everything in revealing play
- Look into identical dancer
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The straight part
We know that "woman getting head on a plate" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case woman getting head on a plate = salome.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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