| RUDOLFNUREYEV | Soviet ballet dancer (1938-1993) who defected and joined the Royal Ballet: 2 wds. |
| MARGOTFONTEYN | English prima ballerina (1919-1991) who spent her entire career with the Royal Ballet: 2 wds. |
| NUREYEV | Austrian ballet dancer, 1938-93 (7) |
| NEWWAVE | Music genre of Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet: 2 wds. |
| SWANLAKE | Tchaikovsky ballet: 2 wds. |
| SLEEP | Wayne ___, Plymouth-born dancer who joined the Royal Ballet Company in 1966 (5) |
| WAYNE | Plymouth-born dancer who joined the Royal Ballet Company in 1966 (5,5) |
| BARYSHNIKOV | Mikhail ---, Soviet-born ballet dancer who defected to the West while on tour with the Kirov Ballet in 1974 (11) |
| ALCIBIADES | Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War who defected to the Spartans in 415, but returned and led the victories at Abydos and Cyzicus |
| MIKHAIL | Mr. Baryshnikov (Headlines-making ballet dancer who defected from the Soviet Union while on tour with the Bolshoi in Toronto in 1974) |
| RUDOLF | Russian ballet dancer and choreographer who defected to the West in 1961 |
| CHRISROCK | "Saturday Night Live" cast member (1990-1993) who voiced the zebra Marty in the "Madagascar" movies: 2 wds. |
| GEORGEBUSH | 41st US president (1989-1993) who was on the varsity baseball team at Yale: 2 wds. |
| BARBARABUSH | First Lady of the United States (1989-1993) who wrote Millie's Book: 2 wds. |
| KIM | India-born English double agent who defected to the Soviet Union in 1963 (3,6) |
| ARNOLD | Benedict, U.S. military officer who defected to the British in 1780 in the Revolutionary War (6) |
| GUYBURGESS | British diplomat who defected to the USSR in 1951 and died in 1963 (3,7) |
| BURGESS | Guy, double agent who defected to the Soviet Union in 1951 (7) |
| TELAWRENCE | Who joined the Royal Tank Corps in 1923 under the name T E Shaw? (1,1,8) |
| SARAHWOLLASTON | MP for Totnes who resigned from the Conservative Party in February and joined the newlyformed Independent Group (5,9) |
