| BALLAS | Shirley, dance teacher who succeeded Len Goodman as Strictly head judge in 2017 (6) |
| LENGOODMAN | Head judge in Strictly Come Dancing, 2004-2016 |
| ELLIOT | Billy ___, film about a young male dancer in which 12A played dance teacher, Mrs Wilkinson (6) |
| MAXINE | ___ Minniver, daughter of Chester dance teacher Trish, played by Nikki Sanderson (6) |
| ARLENE | ____ Phillips, choreographer and ex-head judge on TV's Strictly Come Dancing (6) |
| CLAIRE | Sally St ___, head teacher who served time in jail in Hollyoaks (6) |
| MORRIS | Dance teacher pirouettes after second piece from Ravel |
| LOUISA | As allusions go, it could be teacher who married GP in Doc Martin (6,7) |
| DANIEL | Drama teacher who had a fling with John Paul McQueen in Hollyoaks (6,5) |
| HILLEL | A Jewish teacher who died early in the first century AD (6) |
| LEN | First name of Mr Goodman, former Strictly head judge (3) |
| BIANCA | __ Scott, Summer Bay teacher who ran off to the city with Heath Braxton recently (6) |
| EUCLID | Old geometry teacher who educated Il Duce (6) |
| CARTER | Twisted teacher who kidnapped Lucas Hay (6) |
| SHIRLEY | _Ballas, Strictly head judge (7) |
| STONE | Surname of Andrew who was a dance teacher at Pineapple Dance Studios (5) |
| BALLETMASTER | Dance teacher making starlet amble around? (6,6) |
| CHARLESTON | Dance? Tango being performed as Strictly option (10) |
| EAST | Point to Fleur as Strictly: It Takes Two co-host (4) |
| RALPH | "King ___", 1991 film which features John Goodman as an American king of Britain (5) |
