| HOOFER | Dance pro, so to speak |
| VAL | Dance pro Chmerkovskiy of "Dancing with the Stars" |
| EGGANDSPOONRACE | Can pro so engaged, when stumbling, win this? (3-3-5,4) |
| FIFTEENS | Daily crosswords, to puzzle pros (so-called from the number of squares per side) |
| TALLEST | Like Margo Dydek, among all WNBA pros so far |
| THREEPOINTTURN | Utter pro then, in developing driving skill (5-5,4) |
| ARCTIC | Kind of turn, so to speak, in a circle, so to speak(6) |
| BREADANDBUTTER | Routine to study and speak when beheaded, so to speak (5-3-6) |
| ORATE | Nothing to estimate, so to speak (5) |
| ENTRYFEE | Charge to admit, so to speak (5,3) |
| PANDA | Animal to procure, so to speak (5) |
| ADDRESS | Where to find one, so to speak (7) |
| DELIBERATE | It's calculated to enslave, so to speak (10) |
| OVERTOYOU | Your turn to bowl, so to speak |
| BASQUE | Spaniard to enjoy the sun, so to speak |
| PIQUED | Annoyed, having come to a climax, so to speak (6) |
| WAISTLESS | Eat as much as you can so to speak - to end up like this? (9) |
| DOGGEREL | What some people think of Limerick can be comical to the man reading the meter, so to speak (8) |
| PLAYBACK | Listen to again and be one of the defenders so to speak (8) |
| NEPALI | Writer reviews the greatest Sherpa to scale the peaks, so to speak (6) |