| PLISETSKAYA | Maya, Russia-born ballerina who joined the Bolshoi Ballet as a principal in 1943 (11) |
| NATALIEPORTMAN | "Black Swan" actress who studied ballet as a child: 2 wds. |
| PENELOPECRUZ | "Vanilla Sky" actress who studied ballet as a child: 2 wds. |
| NEVECAMPBELL | "Scream" actress who studied ballet as a child: 2 wds. |
| RAMBERT | Polish-born ballerina and dance company founder |
| SHEARER | Moira ---, Dunfermline-born ballerina and actress (7) |
| ANNAPAVLOVA | Russian ballerina who died of pleurisy in 1931 (4,7) |
| GRAMPARSONS | American singer, songwriter and musician who joined The Byrds in 1968 and formed The Flying Burrito Brothers with fellow Byrd Chris Hillman in 1969 |
| SWANLAKE | A ballet composed by Tchaikovsky, premiered by the Bolshoi Ballet in 1877 (4,4) |
| NOAMCHOMSKY | American linguist, cognitive scientist, political activist, author, and lecturer who joined the staff of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1955 |
| BALLETOFWAX | Tussaud's tribute to the Bolshoi? |
| ESTELLA | She turned up in the Bolshoi Ballet sessions (7) |
| MOSCOW | Home of the Bolshoi Ballet (6) |
| TATYANAALI | "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" actress who guest-starred as a principal on season 3 of "Abbott Elementary" |
| MIKHAIL | Mr. Baryshnikov (Headlines-making ballet dancer who defected from the Soviet Union while on tour with the Bolshoi in Toronto in 1974) |
| MOIRA | -- Shearer, Scottish ballerina who starred in the 1948 film 'The Red Shoes' (5) |
| GALINAULANOVA | Russian ballerina who became ballet mistress at the Kirov in 1962 (6,7) |
| DARCEY | Ms. Bussell, ballerina who created the role of Princess Rose in Prince of the Pagodas (6) |
| ALHORFORD | The 36-year-old from the Dominican Republic who joined the NBA in 2007 but didn't get a chance to play in the finals till 2022. (2,7) |
| NIALL | First name of Mr Horan, the One Direction member who joined The Voice in the US as a coach in 2023 (5) |
