| BREAKSCHARACTER | Can't hold back laughter while performing, say ... or a hint to the circled letters |
| GROUNDCHUCKLE | Little laughter while still on the runway? |
| ONSTAGE | Performing, say |
| ONTHESTAGE | Performing, say |
| SOBS | Can't hold back the tears |
| ACRID | Agadir can't hold back burning (5) |
| UPLOADS | Puts on a server, say ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| OUTSIDEHELP | Assistance from a tutor, say...or a hint to the starred answers' indicated letters |
| READALOUD | *Woodwind permitted, say ... or a hint to sounding out the answers to the starred clues? |
| EARLYBIRD | First to arrive, say, or a hint to each starred answer's first few letters |
| OUTOFBODYEXPERIENCE | Viewing oneself from above, say, or a hint to what the shaded spaces represent |
| INDOOROUTDOOR | Multipurpose, say ... or a hint to the starred answers' starts |
| LOSTART | Letter writing, they say ... or a hint to eight answers in this puzzle |
| RAISETHEBAR | Heighten expectations, say ... or a hint to entering four answers in this puzzle |
| RINGER | A toller of the bells accompanied by High Church "smells", say; or, a quoit thrown so as to circle a hob (6) |
| TABLEWINE | A grizzle while drinking, say, or a drinking item... (5,4) |
| ABRACADABRA | What might a conjuror utter while performing a trick? (11) |
| SHOWSAROUND | Gives a tour, say, or a theme hint |
| HEADCASE | Someone mistaking wife for a hat, say - or a helmet? |
| CHARACTERARCS | Heroes' journeys, say ... or a description of this answer's shaded letters? |
