Surprise bass interrupting large number of dancers before text for you near the end (14)
I believe the answer is:
discombobulate
'surprise' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I can't understand how one could define the other.
'bass interrupting large number of dancers before text for you near the end' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'bass' could be 'b' (musical abbreviation) and 'b' is found within the answer.
'large' could be 'l' (eg in clothes sizes) and 'l' is present in the answer.
'number' could be 'm' (M is an example) and 'm' is found in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found within the answer.
'you' could be 'u' (homophones) and 'u' is located in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for discombobulate that I've seen before include "cause confusion" , "Throw" , "Confuse" , "Upset" , "rattle?" .)