| CHEERLEADERS | They support sports teams by doing chants and dances (12) |
| CHEERLEADER | A person who encourages a crowd to support a sports team by performing organised routines (11) |
| RUINOUS | Devastating one with sense to support sport |
| INTERLOCKING | Engaging Italian football team by being security-conscious (12) |
| POMPOMS | A couple of quiet chants and safety first for cheerleader fare (7) |
| SANDMAN | Sleep-inducing type of chants and mantras, without beginning or end |
| PROTEST | Event with chants and signs |
| STANCHIONS | Supporters chant and son is going wild (10) |
| NATIONALANTHEM | Song could be endless chant and lamentation (8,6) |
| JOHNBARRY | Composer who won both an Oscar and a Grammy for "Out of Africa" and "Dances With Wolves" |
| REELS | Rolls of film and dances (5) |
| JIGS | A wife abandons puzzle and dances (4) |
| BALLADS | There are songs, now, and dances about (7) |
| WAILS | Cries loudly and dances, say (5) |
| BAWLS | Cries loudly and dances, say (5) |
| REVUE | Parody / musical show of loosely connected skits, songs and dances |
| COSTNER | The Bodyguard and Dances With Wolves star, Kevin ___ |
| OPART | Portia drops setter and dances creating a visual treat (2,3) |
| REELSOFF | Says something rapidly and dances away (5,3) |
| OPERETTA | Musical form originally comprising a play with overture, songs, entr'actes and dances |
