It makes ringer dance for a page-boy (4-3)

'it' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'ringer dance for a page-boy' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'ringer' could be 'bell' (a bell rings) and 'bell' is found in the answer.
'dance' could be 'hop' (hop is a kind of dance) and 'hop' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'makes' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?