Boy not returning for a dance (10)
I believe the answer is:
charleston
'a dance' is the definition.
(charleston is a kind of dance)
'boy not returning' is the wordplay.
'boy' becomes 'charles' (**).
'returning' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'not' backwards is 'ton'.
'charles'+'ton'='CHARLESTON'
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for charleston that I've seen before include "Lively 1920s' dance" , "American port" , "Nineteen twenties dance" , "US city - 1920s' dance" , "Dance making" .)