| REINBACK | Control strictly, from a term in dressage (4,4) |
| PERELMAN | "Strictly from Hunger" author |
| TONIOLI | Surname of Bruno who was a judge on Strictly from 2004 until 2019 (7) |
| FATES | Females always treating everyone strictly from the start |
| CARACOLE | In dressage, a single half turn to the left or right by a horse (8) |
| ATARI | Company whose name comes from a term in the game of Go |
| TALKINGHEADS | Band whose name was taken from a term in TV Guide |
| AGNUSDEI | Liturgy that takes its name from a term for Jesus used by John the Baptist |
| PORRIDGE | A slang word for a term in prison (8) |
| STROLLER | A term in the U.S. for a pushchair (8) |
| RUMINATE | Think a term in university initially unusual (8) |
| FAD | From a term for trivial matters or nonsense, a word for a fashion, a fleeting craze, a furore or a whim (3) |
| MAFIA | This word comes from a term for a Sicilian secret criminal society, probably from a Sicilian dialect. Its first known use in English can be traced to 1866. |
| MAGIC | Word, from a term for a member of a priestly caste of ancient Persia with unusual powers, for sorcery, thaumaturgy, witchcraft or wizardry; art of conjuring, illusionism or trickery; or, charm or wond |
| ROUSE | From a term for a hawk's act of erecting/shaking its feathers, a word used to mean awaken, excite, kindle, provoke, put into action or stir up (5) |
| MISCUE | Parapraxis (from a term used in billiards) (6) |
| SNAIL | Mollusc whose "caracol" is reflected in a spiral staircase; or a half-turn or wheel in dressage (5) |
| HALER | More healthy (from a term often used with 'hearty') (5) |
| BAGEL | A term in tennis for a score of 6-0 in a set (5) |
| NUMERATOR | Alter a term in new superior operations research, a maths term (9) |
