| THON | Dance-A-___ (common fundraiser) |
| RAFFLE | Common fundraiser |
| TENK | Common fundraiser |
| SHOT | Beer and a ___ (common pairing at a bar) |
| MIST | 'Love-in-a-___', common name of nigella (4) |
| TIE | "How to ___ a ___" (common tutorial topic) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| WHIP | From Old German and Dutch for "swing, leap, dance", a lash, slender twig or switch; a quick movement; or, a parliamentary disciplinarian (4) |
| FANDANGO | Dance nut beginning to dance a dance without an introduction (8) |
| SHUFFLE | A scraping dance; a shambling gait; an act of mixing up playing cards; or, a piece of subterfuge (7) |
| FOLK | ---- dance: a dance of popular origin (4) |
| ONESTEPATATIME | Slowly dance a tango with a date |
| TWOSOME | At a dance, a few followed another couple (7) |
| MINUET | A dance a minute! (6) |
| WALTZ | Dance a certain dance |
| HABANERA | Cuban dance a ban a hare (anag.) (8) |
| KATHAKALI | I talk animatedly about sportsmen's dance, a dramatic dance (9) |
| WESTFIVETHENDIG | "'X' marks the spot! Grab a spade! Dance a jig! Here's the very last clue. Proceed ___" |
