| ANNAPAVLOVA | Russian ballerina associated with the Ballets Russes who died in 1931 (4,7) |
| PAVLOVA | Anna, Russian ballerina associated with the Ballets Russes who died in 1931 (7) |
| NELLIEMELBA | Australian operatic soprano who died in 1931 (6,5) |
| DIAGHILEV | Sergei _, Russian ballet impresario who founded the Ballets Russes in Paris (9) |
| VALRENETWEEDIE | Who was the only Australian ballet dancer to audition successfully for the Ballets Russes companies |
| BAKST | Leon -; painter who designed sets for the Ballets Russes (5) |
| IGOR | First name in classical accompaniment for the Ballets Russes |
| THERITEOFSPRING | Stravinsky work composed for the Ballets Russes (3,4,2,6) |
| NIJINSKY | Russian ballet dancer and choreographer who joined Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1909 (8) |
| SERGEIDIAGHILEV | Founder of the Ballet Russes in 1909 |
| MELBA | Nellie ?, Australian operatic soprano who died in 1931 (5) |
| EDISON | Thomas Alva, U.S. inventor who died in 1931 (6) |
| BIX | Mr. Beiderbecke, cornettist who died in 1931 (3) |
| ALICIAMARKOVA | British dancer who joined Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1925, aged 14 |
| ANSERMET | Swiss conductor who was the principal conductor of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes |
| ERNEST | Swiss conductor who was the principal conductor of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes |
| SKALKOTTAS | Nikos ___, Greek composer whose works include the ballets The Beauty with the Rose and The Sea |
| DANSEUR | While with Ballets Russes Nijinsky nursed a wound (7) |
| LIFESENTENCE | "Edison was born in 1847 and died in 1931" |
| GALINAULANOVA | Russian ballerina who became ballet mistress at the Kirov in 1962 (6,7) |
