Private Eye

[copperpostie]

21ac "Balls once associated with such capers, wielding canes left and right (7)

L_N_E_S

(I'm thinking the answer may well be LANCERS, as an anagram, but I don't get the 'balls' reference - Ed Balls perhaps?).

[Mamyalynne]

Lancers are Dances


Canes + L + R anag

[Captain2]

Isn't he in Strictly Come Dancing and The Lancers is a dance?

[DaisyNonna]

Lancers is dance at a Ball

[copperpostie]

Thanks for explaining the dance reference!

[Mamyalynne]

Welcome, I'd answered it earlier this afternoon.

Good luck.