| Classic ballet practice posture with back erect and knees bent (4) | Mirror Quiz | 26 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Ballet move worked at when back gone (4) | The Guardian Cryptic | 22 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Bend at a barre | LA Times Daily | 19 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Ballet move | Commuter | 14 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Ballerina's move | USA Today | 13 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Bend in slippers | LA Times Daily | 04 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Ballerina's move | Wall Street Journal | 29 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | USA Today | 13 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | Newsday | 06 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Ballerina's knee bend | Universal | 21 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Ballerina's move where pressure's on to be still | The Times Mephisto | 06 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Ballet move | LA Times Daily | 04 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | Commuter | 03 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Classic ballet practice posture with back erect and knees bent (4) | Mirror Quiz | 02 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | A bend of the knees in ballet (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet class bend | LA Times Daily | 10 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | Commuter | 31 May 2025 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | Wall Street Journal | 24 May 2025 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | LA Times Daily | 24 May 2025 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | USA Today | 06 May 2025 | 
          
            | Ballerina's bend | USA Today | 01 May 2025 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | Thomas Joseph | 22 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Bend at the barre | USA Today | 22 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Barre bend | USA Today | 15 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | Commuter | 14 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Balletic movement |  |  | 
          
            | Which ballet practice posture has the back erect and knees bent? (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Bend at the barre | Wall Street Journal | 06 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Classic ballet practice posture with back erect and knees bent | Mirror Quiz | 25 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Bend at a barre | Universal | 25 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Ballet exercise | Newsday | 21 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | USA Today | 07 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | USA Today | 04 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Ballet movement | The Times Concise | 30 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Movement in "The Nutcracker" | New York Times | 11 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Balletic squat |  |  | 
          
            | Basic barre bend | LA Times Daily | 25 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | In which ballet practice posture is the back erect and knees bent, with hells on the floor? (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet bend | Wall Street Journal | 26 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Bend at the barre | LA Times Daily | 25 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Classic ballet practice posture with back erect and knees bent | Mirror Quiz | 14 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | Wall Street Journal | 21 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Ballet bend "pile" anagram? (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Classic ballet practice posture with back erect and knees bent | Mirror Quiz | 20 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Softly repose in ballet position (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Beginner's ballet move | LA Times Daily | 15 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | Premier Sunday | 18 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Ballet movement | Newsday | 25 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Ballet step | Puzzler Backwords | 23 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | Wall Street Journal | 13 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | Wall Street Journal | 29 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | Commuter | 19 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Bent, in French |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet step | Puzzler Backwords | 28 May 2024 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | Commuter | 25 May 2024 | 
          
            | Ballet dancer's bend | New York Times | 21 May 2024 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | Wall Street Journal | 07 May 2024 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | Thomas Joseph | 11 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Basic ballet move | LA Times Daily | 24 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | USA Today | 09 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Basic bend in ballet |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet bend | Commuter | 21 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | First practise leaping in effortless ballet movement (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet bend | USA Today | 13 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | Newsday | 07 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | Universal | 07 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Classic ballet practice posture with back erect and knees bent | Mirror Quiz | 04 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Ballet barre bend | LA Times Daily | 26 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | Wall Street Journal | 23 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Ballet dancer's bend | USA Today | 23 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | New York Times | 30 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Ballerina's bend | Universal | 03 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | Universal | 17 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Dancer's bend | USA Today | 13 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | French dip | Newsday | 25 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | LA Times Daily | 11 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | 'Swan Lake 'movement | Newsday | 03 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Ballerina's bend | Wall Street Journal | 29 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | USA Today | 23 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Ballet 101 bend | Universal | 23 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Demi-___ (ballet move) | New York Times | 19 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | LA Times Daily | 04 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Barre bend | New York Times | 28 May 2023 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | New York Times | 18 May 2023 | 
          
            | Ballerina's bend | Newsday | 18 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Bend at a 5-Down | LA Times Daily | 05 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Ballet move | Newsday | 23 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Dancer's bend | Wall Street Journal | 18 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Barre bend | Wall Street Journal | 16 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Ballet move | LA Times Daily | 10 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Ballet class bend | LA Times Daily | 16 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Ballet dancer's knee bend | New York Times | 09 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Dance squat | New York Times | 08 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | USA Today | 07 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Ballerina's bend | Newsday | 20 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | Wall Street Journal | 06 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | It may mean squat to a dancer | New York Times | 26 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Ballet dip | New York Times | 25 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | 'Folded,' in French | New York Times | 21 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | LA Times Daily | 17 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | French dip? | LA Times Daily | 20 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | USA Today | 12 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Ballet move | New York Times | 02 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Certain ballet movement (anagram of "pile") |  |  | 
          
            | Basic ballet bend | Universal | 20 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Ballerina’s bend | Wall Street Journal | 11 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Bend at a barre | LA Times Daily | 03 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | Thomas Joseph | 30 May 2022 | 
          
            | Ballet move | LA Times Daily | 22 May 2022 | 
          
            | Ballerina’s bend | Wall Street Journal | 18 May 2022 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | Thomas Joseph | 02 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Bend by a barre | Universal | 01 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Knee bend in ballet | Universal | 21 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Ballet class bend | The Washington Post | 01 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Ballet class bend | LA Times Daily | 01 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Ballet motion | LA Times Daily | 06 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Bend in ballet | Premier Sunday | 05 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | Universal | 02 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Dance move | New York Times | 09 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Bend at the barre | New York Times | 07 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Ballet dancer's bend | Newsday | 08 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Movement in 'The Nutcracker' | The Washington Post | 16 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Movement in "The Nutcracker" | LA Times Daily | 16 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Bend at the barre | Universal | 12 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | French for 'bent' | New York Times | 17 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Ballerina's bend |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet bend | Newsday | 04 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Ballerina's bend | Newsday | 30 May 2021 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | New York Times | 17 May 2021 | 
          
            | Danseuse’s dip | Wall Street Journal | 29 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | USA Today | 20 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Ballerina's bend | USA Today | 20 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | Wall Street Journal | 04 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Bend in pointe shoes | The Washington Post | 27 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | Bend in pointe shoes | LA Times Daily | 27 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | Balletic bend | Premier Sunday | 20 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | Ballet basic | New York Times | 17 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | Ballet move | New York Times | 11 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Ballerina's bend | Universal | 09 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Graceful bend | Universal | 16 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Knee bend in ballet | Universal | 22 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Bend at the barre | USA Today | 23 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Ballet move | The Washington Post | 27 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Ballet move | LA Times Daily | 27 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Bend at the barre | LA Times Daily | 17 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Bend at the barre | The Washington Post | 17 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Barre bend | New York Times | 10 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Ballerina's bend |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet movement | Canadiana | 09 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Ballet movement |  |  | 
          
            | ''The Firebird'' movement | Newsday | 28 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Movement that's French for "bent" |  |  | 
          
            | Movement that's French for 'bent' | New York Times | 06 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Elegant ballet bend | New York Times | 04 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Elegant ballet bend |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet bend | Universal | 14 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Pirouette follower, perhaps | New York Times | 20 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Ballerina's posture worked at steadily, endlessly |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet dip | Premier Sunday | 26 May 2019 | 
          
            | Balletic bend | Wall Street Journal | 22 May 2019 | 
          
            | 'The Nutcracker' dip | The Washington Post | 17 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | "The Nutcracker" dip | LA Times Daily | 17 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | 'Grand' or 'demi' ballet move | New York Times | 22 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | ''Nutcracker'' movement | Newsday | 26 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Ballerina's bend |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet bend |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet move |  |  | 
          
            | Balletic bend |  |  | 
          
            | "The Nutcracker" dip |  |  | 
          
            | "Grand" or "demi" ballet move |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet bend |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet move |  |  | 
          
            | Pirouette follower, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet bend |  |  | 
          
            | Move in a tutu | LA Times Daily | 20 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Move in a tutu | The Washington Post | 20 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Balletic bend | Jonesin | 23 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Bend at a barre | USA Today | 08 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Ballerina's bend |  |  | 
          
            | Move made in a tutu | USA Today | 28 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | The Washington Post | 03 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | LA Times Daily | 03 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | In ballet, a bending of the knees while upright | The Times Specialist Sunday | 18 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Ballerina's bend | New York Times | 29 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Ballet bend |  |  | 
          
            | Move made in a tutu |  |  | 
          
            | Move in a tutu |  |  | 
          
            | Bend at a barre |  |  | 
          
            | Ballerina's bend |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet bend |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet dip | The Washington Post | 27 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Ballet dip | LA Times Daily | 27 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Dip in 'Swan Lake'? | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 24 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Ballet knee bend | LA Times Daily | 02 May 2017 | 
          
            | Ballet knee bend | The Washington Post | 02 May 2017 | 
          
            | Worked steadily, almost achieving graceful movement |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet move | Newsday | 22 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Ballet class bend | LA Times Daily | 18 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Ballet knee bend |  |  | 
          
            | Dip in "Swan Lake"? |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet dip |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet class bend |  |  | 
          
            | Demi-___ (ballet move) | New York Times | 29 Sep 2016 | 
          
            | Barre bend | USA Today | 25 Sep 2016 | 
          
            | Bend for a swan, maybe | LA Times Daily | 16 Sep 2016 | 
          
            | Ballet bend | Thomas Joseph | 07 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | 'Swan Lake' bend | New York Times | 23 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Bend at a barre | LA Times Daily | 22 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Bend at a barre | Universal | 29 May 2016 | 
          
            | Barre move | Newsday | 05 Feb 2016 | 
          
            | Rulebook: it's learnt in ballet school |  |  | 
          
            | Bend for a swan, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Bend at a barre |  |  | 
          
            | Demi-___ (ballet move) |  |  | 
          
            | "Swan Lake" bend |  |  | 
          
            | Bend at a barre |  |  | 
          
            | Barre bend |  |  | 
          
            | French dip? | New York Times | 19 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Move often preceding a pirouette | New York Times | 03 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Ballerina's bend | LA Times Daily | 02 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Bend at the barre | Wall Street Journal | 24 Oct 2015 | 
          
            | ''Swan Lake'' dip | Newsday | 03 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | "Swan Lake" movement | USA Today | 09 May 2015 | 
          
            | Ballet exercise | Newsday | 20 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | French dip? |  |  | 
          
            | Bend at the barre |  |  | 
          
            | Barre room bend |  |  | 
          
            | "Swan Lake" dip |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet bend |  |  | 
          
            | Move often preceding a pirouette |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet move |  |  | 
          
            | "Swan Lake" movement |  |  | 
          
            | Bend at the barre |  |  | 
          
            | Dip in "Swan Lake" |  |  | 
          
            | Ballerina's bend |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet exercise |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet move with bent knees |  |  | 
          
            | Introductory ballet instruction |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet class bend |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of ballet instruction |  |  | 
          
            | Dip in ballet |  |  | 
          
            | Dip at the barre |  |  | 
          
            | A straightening ends it |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet bend |  |  | 
          
            | Barre move |  |  | 
          
            | Confusion involving opening of legs in dance movement |  |  | 
          
            | Jeté relative |  |  | 
          
            | Barre bend |  |  | 
          
            | Balanchine bend |  |  | 
          
            | Balanchine bend |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet movement |  |  | 
          
            | Motion at the barre |  |  | 
          
            | Joint-bending ballet move |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet class bend |  |  | 
          
            | Joint-bending ballet move |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet bend |  |  | 
          
            | Straight-backed bend |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet bend |  |  | 
          
            | "Swan Lake" move |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet maneuver |  |  | 
          
            | Dip in "Swan Lake"? |  |  | 
          
            | Bend at a barre |  |  | 
          
            | Dip in "Swan Lake"? |  |  | 
          
            | Bend at the barre |  |  | 
          
            | Move made in a tutu |  |  | 
          
            | Knees-bent ballet movement |  |  | 
          
            | "Grand" or "demi" ballet move |  |  | 
          
            | "Grand" or "demi" ballet move |  |  | 
          
            | Ballerina's bend |  |  | 
          
            | Bend at the barre |  |  | 
          
            | Bend for Baryshnikov |  |  | 
          
            | Barre move |  |  | 
          
            | Flex at the barre |  |  | 
          
            | Dance move |  |  | 
          
            | Flex at the barre |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet move |  |  | 
          
            | "Swan Lake" bend |  |  | 
          
            | Ballerina's movement |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet bend |  |  | 
          
            | "Swan Lake" movement |  |  | 
          
            | Ballerina's bend |  |  | 
          
            | Danilova dip |  |  | 
          
            | Dance dip |  |  | 
          
            | "Swan Lake" movement |  |  | 
          
            | "The Firebird" movement |  |  | 
          
            | It might follow a 31-Across |  |  | 
          
            | Ballerina's exercise |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet class bend |  |  | 
          
            | "Swan Lake" bend |  |  | 
          
            | Barre bend |  |  | 
          
            | Balletic bend |  |  | 
          
            | Toeshoe wearer's bend |  |  | 
          
            | Graceful bend |  |  | 
          
            | Balletic bend |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet bend |  |  | 
          
            | Fancy dip |  |  | 
          
            | Ballerina's knee bend |  |  | 
          
            | It's French for "bent" |  |  | 
          
            | Balletic bend |  |  | 
          
            | It's French for "bent" |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet move |  |  | 
          
            | Bend in ballet |  |  | 
          
            | Knees-bent move |  |  | 
          
            | Bend in a tutu |  |  | 
          
            | Makarova maneuver |  |  | 
          
            | Movement that's French for "bent" |  |  | 
          
            | Bend at the barre |  |  | 
          
            | Basic ballet move |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet move with bended knees |  |  | 
          
            | Balanchine bend |  |  | 
          
            | Ballerina's knee bend |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet bend |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet movement |  |  | 
          
            | Barre bend |  |  | 
          
            | Barre bend |  |  | 
          
            | Barre bend |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet movement |  |  | 
          
            | Graceful bend |  |  | 
          
            | Dancer's dip |  |  | 
          
            | Barre movement |  |  | 
          
            | "Sylvia" move |  |  | 
          
            | Movement in chorégraphie |  |  | 
          
            | "Sylvia" move |  |  | 
          
            | Barre room bend |  |  | 
          
            | Knee-bending movement |  |  | 
          
            | Bend in ballet |  |  | 
          
            | Dance exercise |  |  | 
          
            | Pirouette follower, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet movement in which the knees are bent |  |  | 
          
            | Bend in ballet |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet movement |  |  | 
          
            | Ballerina's move |  |  | 
          
            | Ballerina's bend |  |  | 
          
            | Ballerina's bend |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet move with bended knees |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet movement |  |  | 
          
            | Danilova dip |  |  | 
          
            | Dancer's exercise |  |  | 
          
            | Barre room bend |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet movement |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet movement |  |  | 
          
            | Graceful bend |  |  | 
          
            | "Swan Lake" movement |  |  | 
          
            | Graceful squat |  |  | 
          
            | Pavlova curtsy |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet dancer's knee bend |  |  | 
          
            | Ballerina's knee bend |  |  | 
          
            | 42 Across movement |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet bend |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet move |  |  | 
          
            | Knee bend with back held straight |  |  | 
          
            | Balletic bend |  |  | 
          
            | Bend at the barre |  |  | 
          
            | Knee bend |  |  | 
          
            | Ballerina's exercise |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet movement |  |  | 
          
            | Dip in ballet |  |  | 
          
            | Ulanova move |  |  | 
          
            | Bent knee movement |  |  | 
          
            | Knee bend |  |  | 
          
            | Pirouette follower, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Ballerina.s knee bend |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet bend |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet movement |  |  | 
          
            | Move after a pirouette, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet maneuver |  |  | 
          
            | Dancer's dip |  |  | 
          
            | Bend at the bar |  |  | 
          
            | Knee bend for Nureyev |  |  | 
          
            | Balletic curtsey |  |  | 
          
            | Balletic knee bend |  |  | 
          
            | Bend, at the barre |  |  | 
          
            | Bolshoi bend |  |  | 
          
            | Movement for Makarova |  |  | 
          
            | Ballerina's movement |  |  | 
          
            | Move by Susan Jaffe |  |  | 
          
            | Farrell's knee bend |  |  | 
          
            | Dance position |  |  | 
          
            | Balletic knee bend |  |  | 
          
            | Dancer's knee-bend |  |  | 
          
            | Étoile's knee-bend |  |  | 
          
            | Knee-bend by McBride |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet exercise |  |  | 
          
            | Moiseyev movement |  |  | 
          
            | Ballerina's knee bend |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet action |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet term |  |  | 
          
            | Knee bend, in ballet |  |  | 
          
            | Dancer's knee bend |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet step |  |  | 
          
            | Dancer's knee-bend |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet execution |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet position |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet bend. |  |  | 
          
            | Fold: Fr. |  |  | 
          
            | Bending of the knees, in ballet. |  |  | 
          
            | Folded: Fr. |  |  | 
          
            | Folded, as heraldic wings. |  |  | 
          
            | Knee-bend, in ballet. |  |  | 
          
            | Graceful bend |  |  | 
          
            | Ballet position. |  |  |