| BALLET | Form of classical dance depicted in a children's novel by Noel Streatfeild (6) |
| BALLETIC | Relating to. or characteristic of, the form of dance depicted in Swan Lake or The Nutcracker (8) |
| CROCODILE | Depicted in a children's story by Roald Dahl, an animal known collectively as a bask or a float (9) |
| PAVANE | Old dance depicted by Virginia in glass (6) |
| BALLETSHOES | 1936 children's novel by Noel Streatfeild, runner-up for the inaugural Carnegie Medal (6,5) |
| KATHAK | (India) Classical dance with brief passages of mime (6) |
| SONATA | Form of classical music |
| DALMATIANS | Dogs of a breed featured in a children's novel by Dodie Smith (10) |
| ORISSA | What Indian state, now officially called Odisha, is known for its temples, classical dance and coastal heritage? (6) |
| CALLER | Classical dance weep tone |
| STIG | Title caveman character in a children's novel by English author Clive King (4) |
| SAPLINGS | Greyhounds in their first year; young trees; or, a novel by the author of Ballet Shoes, Noel Streatfeild (8) |
| WIZARDOFOZ | Title character in a 1939 film, based on a children's novel by L Frank Baum (6,2,2) |
| GIGUE | Part of classical dance suite, a variant of 'jig' (5) |
| UMBRELLA | The Blue ________: a children's novel by Bond, made into a Bollywood movie in 2005 |
| HEIDI | Girl who lives in the Swiss Alps, in a children's novel |
| FAUNTLEROY | 'Little Lord --', a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett (10) |
| BALL | Assembly for dancing, whose name is related to a word for a classical dance and what was traditionally a type of dance song (4) |
| WEB | Charlotte's creation in a children's novel |
| BALLETOMANE | Lover of classical dance |
