| SECRET | Say, Bond in centre stage, dancing (Continued in 24 Across) |
| SEANCONNERY | First actor to say "Bond, James Bond" |
| CHOREOGRAPHY | The composition of dance steps and sequences for ballet and stage dancing (12) |
| SALDANA | Zoe who made her big-screen debut in Center Stage (2000) |
| PRATT | Susan May ___ (actress who played Maureen in Center Stage) |
| CANE | Quaint stage dancing accessory |
| TAMBO | He became acting president of the African National Congress in 1967 and continued in that role until Nelson Mandela took over in 1991, Oliver ... |
| STALINGRAD | Hand-to-hand fighting continued in this Russian city as Hitler's offensive stalled in October, 1942 |
| ANTIOCH | "Paul also and Barnabas continued in ___" (Acts 15:35) |
| PRESSEDAHEAD | Continued in a determined manner (7,5) |
| EDDIED | Continued in circulation as editor passed on |
| UNNOTICED | Continued, in one way, to be missed (9) |
| ENDURED | Continued in the nude, perhaps, looking embarrassed (7) |
| SMOULDERED | Burned without flames and continued in a suppressed state |
| DENUNCIATION | Threat continued in a broadcast (12) |
| WELLKEPT | Source of water continued in good condition (4-4) |
| TEDIOUSLY | I sold out yet you continued in your wearisome way (9) |
| ETHIOPIA | Atrocities continued in this Horn of Africa country (8) |
| PERSISTED | Continued in spite of difficulty for each half sibling of Irish priest |
| PRESSEDON | Started the device and continued in a determined way (7,2) |
