### Clue: Transaction, involving award for woman getting head on a plate (6)
### Answer: SALOME 
 ### Explanation: Definition: woman getting head on a plate
 SALE(a transaction where money is exchanged for goods or services) **containing**(involving) OM(abbrev. for "Order of Merit", an honorary award conferred by the UK sovereign).
Defn: …, per the New Testament.**
A head for dancing: