| ISADORA | ___ Duncan, U.S. dancer who was a pioneer in modern expressive dance (7) |
| SHELLEY | Her first novel made her a pioneer in modern science fiction |
| MICHAELFLATLEY | U.S. dancer who created the Irish performance work Riverdance (7,7) |
| BENTLEY | Wilson -; meteorologist who was a pioneer in the field of snowflake photomicrography (7) |
| FLATLEY | Michael, retired U.S. dancer credited with reinventing traditional Irish dance (7) |
| ASTAIRE | U.S. dancer born Frederick Austerlitz (7) |
| SHEARER | Moira, ballet dancer who was Ludovic Kennedy's wife (7) |
| BRENDAN | _ Cole, dancer who was one of the professionals on Strictly Come Dancing (7) |
| KEROUAC | Jack ____ was a pioneer in the literary Beat Generation |
| ICECUBE | Drink chiller or Are We Done Yet star who was a pioneer of gangsta rap with his band NWA (3,4) |
| ARNE | ___ Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education |
| CUNNINGHAM | Merce ___, U.S. dancer and choreographer who pioneered new forms of modern dance (10) |
| BLAIR | Lionel, actor and dancer who was a team captain on TV panel show Give Us a Clue (5) |
| MENDEL | Austrian botanist Gregor (1822-84) who was a pioneer in genetics |
| COHN | German botanist Ferdinand (1828-98) who was a pioneer in bacteriology |
| AVRIL | Jane ?, French cancan dancer who was a subject of artworks by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (5) |
| MATAHARI | Dancer who was a German spy during World War I: 2 wds. |
| DARCEY | _ Bussell, ballet dancer who was a Strictly Come Dancing judge from 2012 to 2019 (6) |
| ENO | Brian who was a pioneer in ambient music |
| VENN | John who was a pioneer in set theory |
