Clues for the word "DANCE"
We've had 247 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 450 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on February 24, 2026.
Definition of dance
- v. i. - To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of movements, (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap rhythmically.
- v. i. - To move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion; to caper; to frisk; to skip about.
- v. t. - To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up and down; to dandle.
- v. i. - The leaping, tripping, or measured stepping of one who dances; an amusement, in which the movements of the persons are regulated by art, in figures and in accord with music.
- v. i. - A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, etc.
Referring Clues
- Monkey or pony
- Prom, say
- Ballet
- Twist or stomp
- Pony or monkey
- "Shall we ___?"
- Domain of one of the Muses
- Pageant routine
- Break ___
- Charleston, e.g.
- Do a do-si-do
- Cut a rug
- What flames may do
- Song and ___ (misleading story)
- Hint to the start of 17-, 31-, 46- and 61-Across
- Macarena, e.g.
- ___ card (listing at a formal ball)
- 1-Down, e.g.
- Some fancy footwork
- Bolero, e.g.
- Rumba or samba
- Jive, e.g.
- Flicker
- "Chicken ___" (song sometimes played at weddings)
- Monkey, pony or alligator
- Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 21-, 36-, 44-, 54- and 64-Across
- Move to music
- Ball
- Word with break or slam
- Do a one step
- Trip the light fantastic
- Boston or Charleston
- Hop
- High school event
- Hula or hora
- Social
- Fandango or tango
- Twist, e.g.
- Juilliard student's major, perhaps
- Do the watusi, e.g.
- Prom, e.g.
- Terpsichore's domain
- School event
- Evade, with "around"
- Twist or frug
- A kind of one begins 17- and 63-Across and 10- and 36-Down
- Fosse forte
- Specialty of 17-Across
- With 63-Across, this puzzle's title (pertaining to the beginnings of 20-, 37- and 50-Across)
- Bob Fosse forte
- Aerobic activity
- Twist or tango
- Do the Watusi
- Social occasion
- Reel example
- Prom, for one
- Line ___
- Cotillion, for example
- Fandango, for one
- Do a quickstep
- Gigue or gavotte
- School function
- Tap or break, e.g.
- Social event
- Terpsichore's forte
- Reel or twist, e.g.
- Mazurka, e.g.
- School social
- The bump, for one
- Monkey or pony, e.g.
- After-hours school event
- Waltz, for example
- Waltz, for one
- Tango or twist
- High-school event
- Pony or alligator
- Do the tango
- Hustle or shuffle
- "Back to the Future" event
- Do the Cabbage Patch
- Line ___
- Moonwalk, e.g.
- Word with tap or lap
- Chicken ______
- Charleston, for one
- Cotillion
- Song's partner
- Event with a band
- Ball, for one
- Foxtrot or waltz
- Foxtrot or waltz
- Polka or waltz
- Arts-page topic
- Take to the floor
- Choreography
- Terp sichore's realm-
- Ball, e.g.
- Do a two-step, say
- Move to the music
- Twist, for one
- High school social event
- Performing art
- Movement to music
- Prom, for example
- Emulate Astaire
- Jig or reel
- The Harlem Shake or the Dougie
- Gym event
- Part of S.Y.T.Y.C.D.
- Villanella or aurreska
- What one might do to the starts of each word in the answers to 20-, 39-, and 53-Across
- Tango or rumba
- Hustle
- The macarena, e.g.
- Reel or jig
- Twyla Tharp forte
- Waltz, e.g.
- Fox trot, e.g.
- Tango, e.g.
- Juilliard major
- Move rhythmically
- Song partner
- Whip or Nae Nae, e.g.
- Do more than tap one's toe
- Sadie Hawkins event
- Boogie, e.g.
- Do the running man
- Charles of Gosford Park
- Tap or tango
- Hustle, for one
- Waltz around
- Tango or waltz
- "___ Fever"
- Two-step, e.g.
- Watusi or dap, e.g.
- Reel, for one
- Tango or cha-cha
- Hustle or hornpipe
- Whirl, leap, etc.
- E.g. lambada
- Shuffle
- Mambo or moonwalk
- Bourree or Forlana
- Two-step, for one
- Get down
- Saltarello, e.g.
- Hoedown
- Jitterbug
- Song and ___
- European holding cold ball
- Prom
- Wang Chung "___ Hall Days"
- What Ratt will do "Undercover"
- Jig, say
- Lead track off Ratt's "Dancing Undercover"
- You do this when the music moves you
- Jig
- Play English actor
- Maybe disco gate's sealed off at ten
- Hop about when caned
- Couples do it on the floor
- Tarantella or tango
- See 6
- Fling
- With 52-Across, impetus to get down, and...
- Say "fling about' in Scandinavia
- Bop
- See 4
- Ball, possibly square
- Old tribe seen at church function
- Bunch of steps
- Move in time to music
- Ballet or jig
- Jig or waltz
- See 1
- A new confidence, initially, in the heart of French ballet
- Perhaps reel in fish around noon
- Fish without fin provided backs off
- Crackhead invested in European trip
- Jitterbug or jive
- Waltz
- Polka, e.g.
- In ballet, a name for a half pace
- Gay Gordons, for example
- Get your groove on
- Move rhythmically to music
- Cut loose on the floor
- Boogie with your bad self
- Fish seizing pole or reel, say
- Let music move you
- Choreographer's creation
- School gym event
- Not just feel the music
- One led by a chap at half pace?
- The Lindy, e.g.
- Waltz or jig, eg
- Art form
- Prom, for instance
- Nae Nae or cancan
- Skip
- See 18-Across
- Do this at a disco
- Hora or hula
- Performance with twirling torches
- Hustle, say
- For which you need a partner in attendance?
- Do ballet, say
- It may be interpretive
- Reel
- Salsa or samba
- Tinikling, e.g.
- One way to show great happiness
- Waltz with a fellow at half pace
- Do the Macarena, perhaps
- Watusi, e.g.
- Word after break or belly
- Swimmer having a bit of fun in ballet
- Get down to the music
- Twist or hornpipe
- Salsa or foxtrot
- Hop around when caned!
- Ballet or hip-hop, e.g.
- Either "D" in DDR
- Alvin Ailey's forte
- Tango or trot
- Word after circle or square
- Tango or Lindy Hop
- Word with square or line
- What Terpsichore was the goddess of in Greek myth
- Shmoney or shimmy
- Samba or salsa
- Do the two-step
- Minuet or samba
- 13-Down, for one
- Have a ball?
- Ballet or ballroom, e.g.
- Graham's field
- Boogie
- Get down, so to speak
- Azonto or salsa
- Chicken or mashed potato
- Destination after a promposal
- Bust a move
- Swing at a ball?
- Cut loose to some music
- Take a series of steps?
- Samba or mambo
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - February 24, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 13, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 24, 2026
- Daily Quick - December 26, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 18, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - December 07, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 04, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - November 27, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 15, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 04, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - October 24, 2025
- LA Times - October 23, 2025
- Daily Quick - October 22, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 08, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - September 03, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 27, 2025
- New York Times - August 23, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - August 14, 2025
- Daily American - August 08, 2025
- LA Times - August 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 01, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 08, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 06, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - June 22, 2025
- Your Life Choices - June 18, 2025
- Your Life Choices - May 12, 2025
- Your Life Choices - May 09, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - May 04, 2025
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