| TELEMARK | In skiing, a turn in which one ski is placed far forward of the other and turned gradually inwards |
| SOMERSAULT | Acrobatic turn in which the feet roll over the head |
| RISK | To start run with a broken ski is a gamble (4) |
| SLOPES | On which one skis |
| ESKIMO | Fitting of one ski mortified an arctic dweller (6) |
| HERRINGBONE | In skiing, a method of climbing a slope with the skis pointed outwards in a v-shape (11) |
| SAMEDIFFERENCE | "Six of one, half a dozen of the other" (and this puzzle's theme) |
| TUNNELNET | It is wide at the mouth and narrow at the other and it is used by fishermen? (6,3) |
| ODOM | Lamar ___ former forward of the LA Lakers who won 2 NBA championships as well as NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 2011 |
| ELSAANNA | ___ _ _ and ___ _ _ are opposites but at the end of the day, these two sisters will always look out for each other and no icy powers or sneaky royals can stop that! (Hint: Name the oldest one first.) |
| MOE | In The Simpsons (from 1989), which down-on-his-luck bartender runs an eponymous bar frequented by Homer and the others, and whose voice is played by Hank Azaria? (3) |
| UNPLANNED | "I ask myself, again and again: was there an alternative to the indiscriminate, brutal, basically ____ rush forward of the Five-Year Plan?" (Eric Hobsbawm) |
| SPRITSAILYARD | On a square-rigged ship, a horizontal spar forward of the prow |
| DIFFERENTIATE | Tell one from the other and attend one if free to do so (13) |
| SEROTONIN | When locusts rub against each other, the contact increases ___ levels, which attracts the locusts to each other and swarms are formed |
| SLALOM | In skiing, a downhill race over a winding course (6) |
| CROSSED | Went from one side to the other and voted (7) |
| SPLITS | Physical position where the legs are in line with each other and extended in opposite directions (6) |
| SHEARWATER | This bird's legs are placed far back on its body, which makes it an expert swimmer. It moves awkwardly on land. This bird also has long, tube-shaped nostrils on the top of its beak. To defend itself, |
| RUNSACROSS | Meets up with the others, and manages to get to the other side (4,6) |
