| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| AERIALIST | Acrobat | |
| TUMBLER | Acrobat | |
| LEOTARD | Acrobat’s outfit | |
| TRAPEZE | Acrobat’s apparatus | |
| TIGHTROPE | Acrobat’s apparatus | |
| UNICYCLE | Acrobat’s one-wheeler | |
| TRAMPOLINE | Acrobat’s sprung canvas | |
| ACROBATIC | Pertaining to an acrobat. | |
| CIRCA | Approximate date when circus left us with leading acrobat | |
| GYMNAST | Good young muscles nice and sharply toned first for acrobat | |
| ACROBATISM | Feats of the acrobat; daring gymnastic feats; high vaulting. | |
| BURT LANCASTER | Which circus acrobat later went on to portray one in the film Trapeze? | |
| TUMBLE | To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat. | |
| POSTURE | To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist; also, to pose. | |