| ACTEDOUT | Performed in the open-air as if in a play (5,3) |
| LEVITATE | Rise in the air, as if in defiance of gravity |
| ALFRESCO | In the open air, as a meal |
| HARDY | Able to withstand the cold of winter in the open air, as plants |
| LEVITATED | Floated in the air, as if by magic |
| SERENADE | From "calm, clear, cloudless" and influenced by "evening, late", word for a song or tune performed in the open air at night, especially by a lover/suitor (8) |
| CLINICAL | Relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic and depending on direct observation of patients. |
| FISTIANA | All things ring true at first, as if in a spin |
| GRIDLOCK | Grating to become fixed, as if in a traffic jam |
| DISARMED | As if in a dream, Sid was deprived of his weapons (8) |
| MUSINGLY | As if in a reverie |
| DREAMILY | As if in a reverie |
| ENACT | Perform (as if in a play) (5) |
| ACTOUT | Represent, as if in a play, Bill meeting solicitor (3,3) |
| SLAMDUNK | *Basketball shot first performed in the WNBA in 2002 |
| QUANDARY | Any quad can be about right if in a fix (8) |
| ARTIFICE | See if, in a trice, you can think up some crafty trick (8) |
| OVERTIME | Extra work performed in the long run (8) |
| BELCANTO | Noble act performed in the soprano's style (3,5) |
| OUTPLAY | Beat drama performed in the open air? (7) |
