| CANTRIP | Able to dance a spell (7) |
| AGILE | Able to dance a jig, say |
| FANDANGO | Dance nut beginning to dance a dance without an introduction (8) |
| WESTVIRGINIA | Visiting Ware to dance a Charleston here (4,8) |
| TANG | Seen to dance a lot in this dynasty (4) |
| SHUFFLE | A scraping dance; a shambling gait; an act of mixing up playing cards; or, a piece of subterfuge (7) |
| TWOSOME | At a dance, a few followed another couple (7) |
| BALL | From the Old French meaning "to dance", a soiree or masquerade for foxtrotting, waltzing and such (4) |
| LAMBADA | Dance a Greek character passed round (7) |
| BEGUINE | Dance a la Cole Porter |
| CADENZA | Berlioz's last dance a bizarre, showy bit of work |
| ONESTEP | Dance a short distance |
| ASTAIRE | About whom an early critic said "Can't act, can't sing. Balding. Can dance a little" |
| CANCAN | John is able to dance |
| SLING | Word for a cast, lob or throw; a dalliance; a gibe; a lively solo Highland dance; a passing attack; a spree of freedom or wild abandon; or, a try (5) |
| HAY | An old word for a hedge or fence; a winding country dance; a weaving or serpentine choreographic figure in such a reel; or, etymologically linked to "fennel", a word for alfalfa, clover, grass etc, cu |
| CARREL | From an old word for a round dance, a term for a study in a monastic cloister, thus an alcove or niche with a desk in a library for private reading (6) |
| HABANERA | Dance a woman's beginning to accompany outside a bar |
| PLAY | From the Old English meaning "to exercise", "brisk movement" and related to the Middle Dutch "leap for joy, dance", a dramatic work for the stage; or, activity for amusement (4) |
| WHIP | From Old German and Dutch for "swing, leap, dance", a lash, slender twig or switch; a quick movement; or, a parliamentary disciplinarian (4) |
