| GALLIARDS | Dances a lad dances with girls |
| ASSONANCE | As lad dances unclad, this is picked up (9) |
| BOPS | Dances, a la the '50s |
| TWISTS | Dances a la Chubby Checker, say |
| JIGSAW | Wife's support for dances a puzzle |
| TANGOS | Dances a sexy dance |
| STYLISHLY | Silly shy type at first dances a la mode (9) |
| TAPS | Dances a la Savion Glover |
| ORDEAL | Are old dances a challenge? (6) |
| SLING | Word for a cast, lob or throw; a dalliance; a gibe; a lively solo Highland dance; a passing attack; a spree of freedom or wild abandon; or, a try (5) |
| CARREL | From an old word for a round dance, a term for a study in a monastic cloister, thus an alcove or niche with a desk in a library for private reading (6) |
| NETBALL | A court sport like basketball, especially popular with girls (7) |
| MOLASSES | Have a bit of time with girls - that's sweet |
| LASSIES | Lies about a foolish fellow with girls in Scotland (7) |
| SPYGLASSES | Spay a lost dog finally, with girls' magnifying tools (10) |
| HAY | An old word for a hedge or fence; a winding country dance; a weaving or serpentine choreographic figure in such a reel; or, etymologically linked to "fennel", a word for alfalfa, clover, grass etc, cu |
| DATUM | What boys try to do with girls they fancy, we hear, and that's a fact |
| BIG | Both Fergie and the Four Seasons had a hit with "... Girls Don't Cry" (3) |
| GREMLINS | Men mixed up with girls - they are a cause of mischief (8) |
| NORTHERNLIGHTS | Follow direction, then play around with girls - it's a natural phenomenon (8,6) |
