| DOWELL | Anthony -, director of the Royal Ballet from 1986-2001 (6) |
| BUSSELL | Darcey ___, principal ballerina with the Royal Ballet from 1989 to 2006 (7) |
| ASHTON | Choreographer Frederick ____ succeeded Ninette de Valois as director of the Royal Ballet |
| DARCEY | Retired principal dancer of The Royal Ballet, _ Bussell (6) |
| FREDERICKASHTON | British choreographer born in 1904 who became director of the Royal Ballet (9,6) |
| LAMBERT | Founder Music Director of the Royal Ballet who was a reciter in the Sitwell-Walton Facade collaboration (7) |
| WATSON | Dave ...... , 1980-86 Norwich, 1986-2001 Everton and 1984-88 England defender (6) |
| DUNCAN | Isadora ___, an early 20th century American dancer who helped to free ballet from its rigid conventions (6) |
| DEVALOIS | Edris Stannus, the co-founder of the Royal Ballet, took which French royal surname? (2,6) |
| DEBEER | Wolfgang, 1986-2001 Borussia Dortmund goalkeeper (2,4) |
| MARGOTFONTEYN | 20th-century star of the Royal Ballet (6,7) |
| FONTEYN | Margot ---, prima ballerina assoluta of the Royal Ballet |
| MIR | The first permanent orbiting space station (from 1986-2001) (3) |
| GROVE | First director of the Royal College of Music who founded the Dictionary of Music and Musicians; or, a woodland/orchard of lemon, orange or olive trees (5) |
| USX | Steel giant, as it was known from 1986-2001 |
| TREVORNUNN | Theatre director; ex-artistic director of the Royal National Theatre (6,4) |
| SADLERSWELLS | London theatre, once the home of an opera company and the Royal Ballet |
| BRUHN | Erik, Danish dancer who was the director of the Swedish Opera Ballet from 1967-73 (5) |
| ASHKENAZY | Vladimir ?, Russia-born Music Director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra from 1987-94 (9) |
| SHEARER | Leading ballerina with Sadler's Wells (later the Royal Ballet) remembered for her performance in the Archers film The Red Shoes (7) |
