Scandinavian's standing outside clubs and discos (6)
I believe the answer is:
dances
'discos' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.
'scandinavian's standing outside clubs' is the wordplay.
'scandinavian' becomes 'dane' (person from Denmark).
'standing' becomes 's' (this could be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'outside' is an insertion indicator (some letters go outside others).
'clubs' becomes 'c' (abbreviation used in card games such as bridge).
'dane'+'s'='danes'
'danes' going around 'c' is 'DANCES'.
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dances that I've seen before include "Set movements to music" , "Trips the light fantastic" , "Moves to music" , "Eg, waltzes, tangos, etc" , "Can-can, cha-cha etc" .)