| NINETTE | ___ de Valois, Irish-born British choreographer who founded the Royal Ballet (7) |
| RICHARDALSTON | British choreographer who was the artistic director of the Rambert Dance Company from 1986-92 (7,6) |
| MATTHEWBOURNE | Choreographer who founded the New Adventures theatre company (7,6) |
| ASHTON | British choreographer who made "Sylvia" a successful ballet |
| GRESHAM | Merchant adventurer, mercer and royal agent during Elizabeth I's reign who founded the Royal Exchange in 1566 (7) |
| NURSERY | The --- Suite by Elgar, first performed in 1931, was choreographed as a ballet by Ninette De Valois (7) |
| BEECHAM | Conductor who co-founded the London Philharmonic Orchestra with Malcolm Sargent and founded the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (7) |
| REBECCA | Actress whose father founded the Royal Shakespeare Company (7,4) |
| SHEARER | Leading ballerina with Sadler's Wells (later the Royal Ballet) remembered for her performance in the Archers film The Red Shoes (7) |
| BUSSELL | Appointed principal at the Royal Ballet at the age of 20 and OBE in 1995, ballerina with a David Austin rose named after her who was a judge on Strictly Come Dancing (7) |
| LAMBERT | Founder Music Director of the Royal Ballet who was a reciter in the Sitwell-Walton Facade collaboration (7) |
| FREDDIE | Which male pop singer danced with the Royal Ballet in 1979? (7,7) |
| MERCURY | Which male pop singer danced with the Royal Ballet in 1979? (7,7) |
| FONTEYN | Dame Margaret Evelyn de Arias, prima ballerina assoluta of the Royal Ballet (7) |
| HUNDRED | Number of years spanning the conflict between the Houses of Plantagenet and Valois - though it laste |
| DAUPHIN | Heir to the French throne under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties |
| DEVALOIS | Ninette _ _, Irish-born British ballet dancer and choreographer; established the Royal Ballet (2,6) |
| OSIPOVA | Principal dancer from Russia with the Royal Ballet, Natalia |
| FREDERICKASHTON | British choreographer born in 1904 who became director of the Royal Ballet (9,6) |
| BEJART | French-born dancer and choreographer who founded Ballet of the 20th Century (6) |
