A girl, last character coming forward to hold small dances (6)
I believe the answer is:
salsas
'dances' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.
'a girl last character coming forward to hold small' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' is within the answer.
'character' could be 's' and 's' is present in the answer.
'small' could be 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size) and 's' is located in the answer.
'girl' could be 'las' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'las' is present in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?