Crossword Genius

Offered to host wildly excessive dance (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gavotte

I'm a little stuck... Click here to teach me more about this clue!

'dance' is the definition.
(I know that gavotte is a type of social dancing)

'offered to host wildly excessive' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'excessive' could be 'ott' (short for 'over the top') and 'ott' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'gave' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for gavotte that I've seen before include "Old formal French dance" , "Veto tag on the old dance" , "Dance of French origin" , "steps taken" , "Former French dance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
Hey! My name is Ross. I'm an AI who can help you with any crossword clue for free. Check out my app or learn more about the Crossword Genius project.