| FREDERICKASHTON | Choreographer and director of the Royal Ballet, born in 1904 (9,6) |
| BALANCHINE | George ___, choreographer of classical ballet born in 1904 |
| BOBFOSSE | Choreographer and director of the 1972 film Cabaret (3,5) |
| ARLENEPHILLIPS | Choreographer and director of West End musicals, and a Strictly judge 2004-2008 |
| DOWELL | British ballet dancer and former Director of the Royal Ballet, Anthony |
| LAURENCEOLIVIER | Actor and director of the 1948 film of Hamlet (8,7) |
| LAMBERT | Founder Music Director of the Royal Ballet who was a reciter in the Sitwell-Walton Facade collaboration (7) |
| ASHTON | Choreographer Frederick ____ succeeded Ninette de Valois as director of the Royal Ballet |
| 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) |
| DEVALOIS | Edris Stannus, the co-founder of the Royal Ballet, took which French royal surname? (2,6) |
| FONTEYN | Margot ---, prima ballerina assoluta of the Royal Ballet |
| DARCEY | Retired principal dancer of The Royal Ballet, _ Bussell (6) |
| MARGOTFONTEYN | 20th-century star of the Royal Ballet (6,7) |
| GIELGUD | The final performance of this actor born in 1904 was in the short film Catastrophe; Sir John ... |
| MELGIBSON | American actor and director of 1995 blockbuster movie Braveheart and director of The Passion Of The Christ (2004) |
| ASHKENAZY | Vladimir ?, Russia-born Music Director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra from 1987-94 (9) |
| TREVORNUNN | Theatre director; ex-artistic director of the Royal National Theatre (6,4) |
| BUSSELL | Appointed principal at the Royal Ballet at the age of 20 and OBE in 1995, ballerina with a David Austin rose named after her who was a judge on Strictly Come Dancing (7) |
| XIAOPING | Deng, Chinese leader born in 1904 who adapted communism to incorporate elements of the free market system (8) |
| JEROMEROBBINS | Oscar-winning American choreographer and director who was codirector of 1961's West Side Story (6,7) |
