| PLIERS | Those are gripping ballet moves, dancer finally admitted (6) |
| SPRY | Nimble dancer finally introduced to agent |
| STRIPPER | Exotic dancer finally seduces canoeist (8) |
| ARCADE | Are gripping rascal in shopping precinct |
| IMAGINES | Idols are gripping in pictures |
| BYTE | Eight bits are gripping to listen to |
| THATGO | Heads banging on low bedroom ceilings? Those are frightful! (6,4,2,4,2,3,5) |
| BUMPIN | Heads banging on low bedroom ceilings? Those are frightful! (6,4,2,4,2,3,5) |
| THINGS | Heads banging on low bedroom ceilings? Those are frightful! (6,4,2,4,2,3,5) |
| FLYING | Very brief affair boy finally admitted (6) |
| TRAUMA | A market suffering setback -- you finally admitted emotional shock (6) |
| METRIC | In verse, Eliot finally admitted to terrible crime (6) |
| SPRITE | Fairy Godmother finally admitted to malice! (6) |
| COLORS | Columnist Joe Klein finally admitted he was the 'anonymous' author of the story about the run to the White House by a Clintonesque figure, Primary ... |
| CHASSE | Gliding ballet move |
| GLISSADES | Ballet moves found on the ski slope (9) |
| BLACKSWAN | 2010 movie where Natalie Portman shows off her ballet moves (2 wds.) |
| SASHAYS | Says, 'Has difficulty with ballet moves' (7) |
| OTHERS | Those are not these (6) |
| LEAPS | Some ballet moves |
