| ACTEDOUT | Performed in the open-air as it in a play (5,3) |
| ALFRESCO | In the open air, as a meal |
| HARDY | Able to withstand the cold of winter in the open air, as plants |
| 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) |
| SLAMDUNK | *Basketball shot first performed in the WNBA in 2002 |
| LEVITATE | Rise in the air, as in a magic act |
| OVERTIME | Extra work performed in the long run (8) |
| BELCANTO | Noble act performed in the soprano's style (3,5) |
| ASPIRATE | To follow a consonant sound with a forceful expulsion of air, as in the h of hat, hair etc. (8) |
| OUTPLAY | Beat drama performed in the open air? (7) |
| OPEN | The air as it is outside is difficult to forecast |
| BELIEVE | Be on the air as it happens around end of June, or think so (7) |
| AQUATICBEETLES | Crafty as submarines, this critter carries its own air as it dives. (7,7) |
| OUTDOOR | Better men performed in the Open |
| LIVE | Be on air as it happens? (4) |
| ONHIATUS | Temporarily off-air, as a show |
| RONDE | French word for a whole note; a dance performed in the form of a circle; or, a kind of upright script (5) |
| TREATMENT | The director's handling of the play performed in The Theatre (9) |
| CAVERN | The _ _ _ _ _ _ Club, music venue in Liverpool where the Beatles performed in the early 1960s (6) |
| BUBBLE | A globule of air as the indicator in a spirit level; a glass/plastic dome; a place protected from unpleasant reality; or, a "house of cards" (6) |
