| MONTAGES | Training ___ (sequences that are a staple of sports movies) |
| ACACIA | Tree whose leaves are a staple food for giraffes |
| TROPES | Training montages, underdog victories, etc., in sports movies |
| SUNSALUTATIONS | Sequences that often begin yoga classes |
| DROPSETS | Bodybuilding sequences that reduce weights incrementally |
| INFINITE | Programming sequences that don't end, literally |
| ROBIN | Round ___: sequence |
| DNA | ___ sequence |
| PINENUTS | Fruit of a coniferous tree, a staple of Mallorca kitchens and used in island dishes such as lomo con col, cocarrois and spinach a la catalana (4,4) |
| MANGEL | Sounds like a type of beat - a staple of The Animals (6) |
| BULGUR | Type of whole grain wheat that is a staple of Middle East cuisine (6) |
| PAELLA | No Pinot in Appellation that's a staple of European restaurant (6) |
| LIME | The juice of this citrus fruit is a staple of many cocktails (4) |
| COCONUT | Fruit that's a staple of Filipino cuisine |
| INDIANCORN | A staple of Bollywood banality? (6,4) |
| PASTA | What used to be a staple of Italian eateries (5) |
| PIZZA | This oven-baked flat, round food item is a staple of the takeaway industry |
| ENLIGHTEN | Educate, arranging the learning without a staple of education? |
| RONALD | _ Rat, puppet who was a staple of 1980s children's TV (6) |
| FIBONACCI | Kind of sequence that that proceeds 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ... |
