Finally asks a male graduate for a dance (5)
I believe the answer is:
samba
'dance' is the definition.
(sambaing is a kind of dancing)
'finally asks a male graduate for a' is the wordplay.
'finally' says to take the final letters.
'a male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'graduate' becomes 'ba'.
'for' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
The last letter of 'asks' is 's'.
'm'+'ba'='mba'
'mba' put after 'a' is 'amba'.
's'+'amba'='SAMBA'
(Other definitions for samba that I've seen before include "South American dance" , "Dance, originally from Brazil" , "it was launched in Brazil" , "moves from Brazil" , "Brazilian dance" .)