| SPLITS | Reveals the secret of an acrobatic feat (6) |
| GIVETHEGAMEAWAY | Reveal the secret that lets the other fellow win (4,3,4,4) |
| BLAB | Reveal the secret |
| TELLALL | Reveal the secret |
| THESPLITS | Helps out the birds trapped, though it requires an acrobatic feat (3,6) |
| SPRYLY | In an acrobatic fashion |
| TUMBLE | A handspring, somersault or other acrobatic feat; a clumsy headlong fall; a plummet in value; or, a disorderly heap or tangled mass (6) |
| GENOME | 6 taking drug for the secret of life (6) |
| ROSARY | 'The Secret of the --', book by St Louis de Montfort (6) |
| TIMING | Duration is the secret of comedy (6) |
| OENEUS | Mythical king in ancient Greece, said to have learned the secret of wine-making (6) |
| RODENT | Mrs. Brisby in "The Secret of NIMH," for one |
| PIRATE | "The Secret of Monkey Island" figure |
| BEASTS | Movie sequel subtitled The Secrets Of Dumbledore (9,6) |
| RECIPE | When your grandmother shares the secret of how she makes a delicious dessert, it becomes a family ___ |
| AFTER | Following, or right in the wake of, the acrobatic feat (5) |
| CARTWHEEL | A "rota" of a wain; an acrobatic revolution or windmill performed with the arms and legs outstretched like spokes; a large penny with a raised rim, like the first stated; or, a silver dollar (9) |
| SOMERSAULT | An acrobatic movement in which a person turns head over heels in the air or on the ground (10) |
| AERIALIST | An acrobatic performer on the high wire or trapeze (9) |
| BACKFLIP | Toss from the rear first: an acrobatic act. (4,4) |
