Formal dance
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

TOP
A canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance; "he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent"; "they had the big top up in less than an hour"

TOY
An artifact designed to be played with

WAD
A wad of something chewable as tobacco

TAW
The 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet

HOP
Jump lightly

LAY
Impose as a duty, burden, or punishment; "lay a responsibility on someone"

MIG

ORB
Move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus"

EGG
Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds

FUN
Violent and excited activity; "she asked for money and then the fun began"; "they began to fight like fun"

GOB
Informal terms for the mouth

CUE
Sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards

BAT
Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"

BAL

4 letters

STAG
A male deer, especially an adult male red deer

PLAY
The act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully

FROM

SHOT
A chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at the champion"

SLUG
(boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose"

PILL
A contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception

MASK
Activity that tries to conceal something; "no mask could conceal his ignorance"; "they moved in under a mask of friendship"

MATE
A chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king

MEET
A meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held

OVAL
Rounded like an egg

KNOT
A unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude

GALA
A gay festivity

GAME
An amusement or pastime; "they played word games"; "he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time"; "his life was all fun and games"

KNOB
A round handle

FRIG

CLUB
A spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink; "don't expect a good meal at a cabaret"; "the gossip columnist got his information by visiting nightclubs every night"; "he played the drums at a jazz club"

DATE
Sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed

DIET
The usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal)

DOLL
A small replica of a person; used as a toy

FETE
An organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place); "a drama festival"

BULB
A rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ

CREW
An organized group of workmen

CLOT
Coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots"

BEAD
A small ball with a hole through the middle

BLOB
An indistinct shapeless form

BOWL
The act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)

BOLL
The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant

BALL
The game of baseball

5 letters

SHELL
The hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod

SITIN
Participate in an act of civil disobedience

SPORT
Someone who engages in sports

SYNOD
A council convened to discuss ecclesiastical business

ROUND
The usual activities in your day; "the doctor made his rounds"

SCREW
A fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head

SERVE
(sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play; "his powerful serves won the game"

REVEL
Unrestrained merrymaking

PANEL
Electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices; "he checked the instrument panel"; "suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree"

PARTY
An organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"

RALLY
The feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort; "he singled to start a rally in the 9th inning"; "he feared the rallying of their troops for a counterattack"

QUOIT
Game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits

MIXER
Electronic equipment that mixes two or more input signals to give a single output signal

MOUNT
The act of climbing something; "it was a difficult climb to the top"

ORBIT
The bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball

OVOID
Rounded like an egg

GLOBE
A sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented

GRAPE
A cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot

JACKS
A game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball

LEVEE
A pier that provides a landing place on a river

CHESS
A board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king

COVER
The act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it; "the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft"

DANCE
Taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music

FORUM
A public meeting or assembly for open discussion

GEOID

BRAWL
A noisy fight in a crowd

BINGO
A game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards

BLAST
A very long fly ball

BLOCK
The act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements

BOULE
An inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork

BOLUS
A large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine

AGATE
An impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles

6 letters

BALLON

TRACER
Ammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke

SPHERE
Any spherically shaped artifact

SHINDY
A large and noisy party of people

SHOWER
Washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle; "he took a shower after the game"

SMOKER
A passenger car for passengers who wish to smoke

SOIREE
A party of people assembled in the evening (usually at a private house)

PUPPET
A doll with a hollow head of a person or animal and a cloth body; intended to fit over the hand and be manipulated with the fingers

QUORUM
A gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business

RACKET
An illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit

SEANCE
A meeting of spiritualists; "the seance was held in the medium's parlor"

PICNIC
Any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion

PELLET
A solid missile discharged from a firearm; "the shot buzzed past his ear"

POMPOM

PLENUM
A meeting of a legislative body at which all members are present; "the plenum will vote on all tax increases"

PELOTA
A Basque or Spanish game played in a court with a ball and a wickerwork racket

LAUGHS

MARBEL

ORBLET

DINNER
The main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday; "dinner will be at 8"; "on Sundays they had a large dinner when they returned from church"

DIDDLE
Manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate"

COUPLE
A pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome"

GEWGAW
Cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing

EJECTA

DISCUS
A disk used in throwing competitions

CAUCUS
A closed political meeting