| PANAMAMAMAMAMBO | Dance of a Central American parent? |
| ADAMANT | Unyielding American parents? That's the basis for a good book! |
| TOLTEC | A member of a Central American Indian people who ruled much of Mexico in the 10th-12th centuries (6) |
| AGUA | Liquid at the end of the names of a Central American country and its capital |
| PAPAYATREE | Part of a Central American grove |
| RICA | Half of a Central American country |
| COSTARICA | Acting partner in charge of a Central American country (5,4) |
| MANAGUA | Capital of a Central American country (7) |
| GUATEMALACITY | Capital of a Central American republic (9,4) |
| ELSA | Woman's name that's also the first four letters of a Central American country name |
| COATI | International leader is after the fur of a Central American animal (5) |
| GUATEMALA | Had food coated in chewy stuff, in the manner of a Central American country (9) |
| MAMBO | A rumba-like dance supposedly evocative of a ritual dance of a voodoo priestess of the same name (5) |
| SARGENT | Artist born in Florence of American parents whose paintings include Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, Morning Walk, Portrait of Madame X, An Out-of-Doors Study and Lady Agnew of Lochnaw (7) |
| CODA | The concluding dance of a ballet, or closing section of a musical composition (4) |
| FOLK | ___ dance (traditional dance of a country's common people) |
| BOILER | A kettle; a large tub in which to wash laundry at very high temperature; a tough old fowl, best cooked by bubbling in a pot; or, the furnace of a central heating system (6) |
| SAMBA | Dance of a Doctor in S.Africa (5) |
| REEL | Dance of a genuine sort on radio (4) |
| KARAOKE | Dance of a rake, including satisfactory sing-along (7) |
