| Lively folk dance |
| Lively French social dance |
| Japanese dance-drama |
| Spanish dance |
| Avoidance |
| Region near the Arctic Circle known for its reindeer |
| Square dancer's neckwear |
| Barbarian in the seventh circle of the Inferno, per Dante |
| Station 19" star who says her experience as a salsa dancer helps her perform stunts: 3 wds. |
| Overabundance |
| Confusing statements ... and a hint to the circled letters |
| Square dancer's back |
| Showy birds at the dance? |
| All plane attendants in attendance |
| Spanish dances |
| Attend a party uninvited ... and a literal hint to five sets of circled letters |
| Dancer's co-worker. |
| Creatures infesting the proverbial dancer's pants |
| Rhythmic dance |
| Actor who played an exotic dancer in 2012's "Magic Mike": 2 wds. |
| Products memorably advertised by silhouetted dancers |
| Phenomena of Latin-American dances. |
| Sailors' dances |
| Type of dance by Ruth St. Denis. |
| Whatever it takes ... as hinted at in the arrangements of black squares around the circled letters |
| Dancer's bellybutton? |
| Dances in waltz time |
| Lively Polish dance |
| Joyous Israeli dance |
| Barn dance seating |