The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TANGO
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
T
A
N
G
O
More clues leading to the result TANGO
- Fly back, beginning to organise dance
- Dance beat given energy
- Dance from Manhattan, good
- Dance that one watches as one pales?
- Work function’s first dance
- Got upset about an Argentinian dance
- Brown to depart for a dance
- Dance upset Old King Cole, including fiddling, ultimately
- Brown and green light — this takes two
- Take steps to administer beating and vanish
Buddy explains!
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 = tango.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does TANGO mean?
TANGO noun- A Standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango.
- A piece of music suited to such a dance.
- The letter T in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
- Enemy, used amongst special police forces, derived from the abbreviation of target using the NATO phonetic alphabet.
- A dark orange colour shade; deep tangerine
- To dance the tango.
- To mingle or interact (with each other).