Dance enthusiast Daniel leading function (8)
I believe the answer is:
fandango
'dance' is the definition.
(type of dance)
'enthusiast daniel leading function' is the wordplay.
'enthusiast' becomes 'fan' (fan is a kind of enthusiast).
'daniel leading' becomes 'dan' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'function' becomes 'go' (synonyms).
'fan'+'dan'+'go'='FANDANGO'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fandango that I've seen before include "Spanish Steps" , "Lively Spanish dance" , "Dance performed with castanets" , "Spanish dance -- a dong fan (anag)" , "Spanish 2 Down" .)