| NUTCRACKERSUITE | 'The -- --', selection of eight musical numbers from a ballet by Tchaikovsky (10,5) |
| SWANLAKE | A ballet by Tchaikovsky about the cursed princess Odette (4,4) |
| LITHERLITHER | Exhortation from a ballet teacher? |
| YOURIDEALWEIGHT | But more "Scaleddown" number from a doctor? |
| LOTTERY | The random drawing of numbers from a drum (7) |
| NUTCRACKER | The ____, ballet by Tchaikovsky that features the Sugar Plum Fairy (10) |
| OCTAVE | Series of eight musical notes in a musical scale |
| ELECTION | The selection of persons for office by vote (8) |
| HARVARD | University that faced controversy over the selection of a Chinese student as commencement speaker. (7) |
| HOFFMANN | E T A ___, German Romantic author whose stories form the basis of an Offenbach opera and ballets by Tchaikovsky and Delibes |
| LAKE | Ballet by Tchaikovsky about the cursed princess Odette (4,4) |
| SWAN | Ballet by Tchaikovsky about the cursed princess Odette (4,4) |
| MARYKOM | Who Nikhat Zareen wants to fight in trials before the selection of the Olympic squad. (4,3) |
| DRAWING | The selection of peg numbers (7) |
| CORSAIR | The ___, verse tale by Lord Byron which inspired an opera by Verdi and a ballet by Adam (7) |
| MAZURKAS | Dances of Polish origin, used in ballets by Tchaikovsky and Delibes |
| CASTING | The selection of actors for roles |
| TESSAJOWELL | Runner-up to Sadiq Khan in the selection of Labour’s 2016 London mayoral election candidate |
| SUGARPLUM | Dance Of The ____ Fairy, movement in the ballet The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky (5,4) |
| NURSERY | The --- Suite by Elgar, first performed in 1931, was choreographed as a ballet by Ninette De Valois (7) |
