Dancing escort hugging hard: they get turned on in the dark (7)
I believe the answer is:
torches
'they get turned on in the dark' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.
'dancing escort hugging hard' is the wordplay.
'dancing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'hugging' indicates putting letters inside (outside letters hug or embrace inside letters).
'hard' becomes 'h' (abbreviation used in pencil classifications).
'escort' is an anagram of 'torces'.
'torces' placed around 'h' is 'TORCHES'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for torches that I've seen before include "Hand-held lights" , "Fires" , "Flashlights" , "Sets alight" , "Sets on fire" .)