| CHOREOGRAPH | Plan a la Twyla Tharp |
| MOVIN | "___ Out" (musical by Billy Joel and Twyla Tharp) |
| DANCE | Twyla Tharp forte |
| HAIR | 1979 musical movie choreographed by Twyla Tharp (4) |
| ART | "The only way to run away without leaving home," according to Twyla Tharp |
| TWYLA | Theatrical Tharp |
| PAR | Good score from Tharp arrives |
| KAIWITH | _ _ Anne Tharp, NZ cooking series (3,4) |
| THARP | "Deuce Coupe" choreographer Twyla |
| PLOT | A small piece of ground; a ground plan; a secret underhand scheme, aka a conspiracy; or, in the Scots dialect, a word for "pluck feathers, strip of hair", thus figuratively "to fleece" (4) |
| PANAMA | A man, a plan, a canal, ___ (6) |
| CANAL | "A man, a plan, a ____, Panama" (famous palindrome) |
| DESIGN | A plan; a project; a scheme (6) |
| LEIGH | ___ Mercer, originator of the palindrome "A man, a plan, a canal - Panama!" |
| AMAN | _ ___, A Plan, A Canal ___ Panama! (1,3) |
| CHINATEA | Mother abandons Plan A and leaves for a drink |
| MAPOUT | Plan a trip, in a way (3,3) |
| NAVIGATE | Plan a route at a given turning (8) |
| ESPLANADE | A group of Mounties plan a demanding walk |
| ADEN | Plan a retreat into a port city (4) |
