Flipping over the top or initially gratuitous for visiting dancer's boss? (6)
I believe the answer is:
grotto
'visiting dancer's boss?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.
'flipping over the top or initially gratuitous' is the wordplay.
'flipping' is a reversal indicator.
'over the top' becomes 'ott' (I've seen this in other clues).
'initially' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'gratuitous' is 'g'.
'ott'+'or'+'g'='ottorg'
'ottorg' in reverse letter order is 'GROTTO'.
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for grotto that I've seen before include "Attractive natural, or artificial, cave" , "Artificially or naturally ornamented cave" , "In company (with); over length of" , "A picturesque cave as in Lourdes (6)" , "Pretty cave" .)