| CHOREOGRAPHY | The composition of dance steps and sequences for ballet and stage dancing (12) |
| AURIC | Georges ___, French composer noted for ballet and film music who was one of les Six |
| DEGAS | Edgar -, French Impressionist painter famous for ballet and horse racing studies (5) |
| CANE | Quaint stage dancing accessory |
| SECRET | Say, Bond in centre stage, dancing (Continued in 24 Across) |
| CHRONOLOGIST | An expert in the determination of dates and sequence of events (12) |
| COMBINATIONS | Correct sequences for opening locks - and drawers? (12) |
| TERRYGILLIAM | US animator who produced surreal sequences for Monty Python's Flying Circus |
| TROUTQUINTET | Finish off ballet and turn to quite complicated musical composition |
| APPLYAFILTER | Change the composition of something |
| SCARFE | Illustrator who designed/directed the animation for Pink Floyd's film The Wall and created the opening title sequences for Yes Minister and its sequel (6) |
| CHOREOLOGY | The study and notation of ballet and dance movement, such as that of the Benesh discipline for example (10) |
| PAS | The right to precede / series of dance steps |
| ROUTINES | Set sequences of dance steps (8) |
| MAMBO | Way of working involving a large number of bits and sequence of steps |
| CHOREOGRAPH | Compose a sequence of dance steps (11) |
| ROUTINE | Set sequence of dance steps (7) |
| BUNSEN | Chemist who discovered an antidote to arsenic poisoning, invented a gas burner and, with Kirchoff, determined the composition of the Sun and fixed stars (6) |
| ACHORUSLINE | A stage and "film musical whose songs include "At The Ballet" and "What I Did For Love" (1,6,4) |
| LOLITA | About whom Nabokov said "She was like the composition of a beautiful puzzle - its composition and it |