| QUADRILLE | Square dance typically for four couples |
| TDS | End-zone dances typically follow them: Abbr. |
| CHARABANC | Early form of bus, used typically for pleasure trips (9) |
| EIGHTSOME | Four couples seen as a unit (9) |
| BAGATELLE | Table game from which pinball derived; or, a light piece of music, typically for the piano (9) |
| AGONYAUNT | Term typically for a female advice columnist writing for a newspaper or magazine's problem page (5,4) |
| MINCEMEAT | A mixture of dried fruit, spices etc, typically for baking in pastry (9) |
| CULTIVATE | Four-couple sect? |
| EIGHTSOMEREEL | Dance for four couples (9,4) |
| SQUAREDANCE | Entertainment for four couples |
| VICISSITUDE | Change of circumstances (typically for the worse) |
| ACRE | Unit of land typically for vast areas |
| TEMPERANCE | ____ movement, historical campaign typically for abstinence from alcohol drinking (10) |
| SKIFF | A light rowing or sculling boat, typically for one person (5) |
| EXHUME | To disinter a body, typically for examination (6) |
| TERM | Nine months, typically, for a human pregnancy |
| HEIGHTEN | Facetious girl squeezes four couples in lift (8) |
| ASYOULIKEIT | Shakespeare comedy revolving around four couples (2,3,4,2) |
| WEIGHTED | Four couples getting married without being burdened |
| SQUAREDANCING | Jig involving four couples (6-7) |
