| GOPAK | High-leaping folk dance from Ukraine, traditionally performed by men (5) |
| POLKA | Which folk dance from Bohemia became a ballroom craze in the mid-19th Century? (5) |
| MORRISDANCING | Old English folk tradition usually performed by men (6,7) |
| DISTAFF | Women's work, mostly performed by men (7) |
| HULAS | Dances traditionally performed wearing paʻus and malos |
| OPERA | Work traditionally performed without microphones |
| HULA | Hawaiian dance traditionally performed by a woman (4) |
| HORNPIPE | Lively dance traditionally performed by sailors (8) |
| HAKA | Maori war dance traditionally performed by the All Blacks (4) |
| TCHAIKOVSKY | Composer of The Nutcracker, traditionally performed by The National Ballet of Canada |
| GIGUE | From "dance, fiddle", a lively rustic folk dance of English, Irish and Scottish origin, imported into France in the mid-17th century (5) |
| ZORBA | 1964 film '- the Greek' for which the folk dance sirtaki was created and performed (5) |
| RUMBA | A ballroom dance based on a Cuban folk dance (5) |
| DJING | Spinning daughter initially nauseous in folk dance (5) |
| WALTZ | Ballroom and folk dance in triple time (5) |
| LEWA | Drum-driven dance traditionally performed in Oman by the descendents of enslaved Africans and sung in Swahili, also spelled Laywa (4) |
| CHICKENKIEV | Dish of fried cutlets in breadcrumbs (from Ukraine?) (7,4) |
| COSSACKS | Members of an ethnic group from Ukraine and Russia once famed as mounted soldiers (8) |
| KIEV | Chicken ___, dish that may originate from Ukraine (4) |
| RAS | ___ and Garba : folk dances from Gujarat? (3) |