The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 4 letter word SWAN LAKE
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More clues leading to the result SWAN LAKE
- Ankle was broken in ballet
- Saw ankle moving in ballet
- Ankle was broken in a ballet
- Russian notes endless desire to take litre in hard liquor
- Ballet in middle of Christmas week, an excess
- Ankle was dislocated in ballet
- Pasty left among foreign booze, seeing theatrical performance
- Ballet’s second week, an excess
- In which one may see Odette boast about the French leading English
- Was ankle injured in ballet?
Buddy explains!

The straight part
We know that "ballet" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case ballet = swan lake.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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