| GAYGORDONS | Simple couple dance often per formed at ceilidhs (3,7) |
| PLAINTIVE | Simple couple coming across very sad (9) |
| TANCREDI | Two-act Rossini opera first per formed in 1813 (8) |
| COGNATE | Related couple dance round in church (7) |
| GALOP | 19th-century couple dance (5) |
| WALLFLOWER | Spectator at dance often goes to bed (10) |
| REPAIRSHOP | Where to get a fix and note couples dance (6,4) |
| CONGALINES | They may be formed at some parties |
| COMMODORES | Band that formed at Alabama's Tuskegee University, with "the" |
| TINWHISTLE | In ceilidh band. played Flower of Scotland, gulping in whisky (3,7) |
| BARNDANCE | Canadian ___/___ popular at ceilidhs (4,5) |
| THEGAYGORDONS | Popular Scottish country dance, often part of ceilidhs and social dances (3,3,7) |
| REALS | Whirring calls of grass warblers reminiscent of fishing-line spools of the same name; bobbins; staggers; or, lively Celtic dances traditionally listed on cards at ceilidhs (5) |
| SPEY | Pretty sash waved about at ceilidh (10) |
| STRATH | Pretty sash waved about at ceilidh (10) |
| CANCAN | Preserve couple's dance from France (6) |
| OFCLYDE | Starts to organise festival ceilidhs, leaving your dance events for 7Dn (2,5) |
| ALLEMANDE | Any of various popular German couple dances originating in the 16th century (9) |
| GAL | Guy's partner at a square dance often |
| HAKA | Maori ceremonial dance often performed at rugby matches (4) |
