| UNDERMILKWOOD | "A play for voices" set in Llareggub |
| THOMAS | Author of a play for voices, sceptical type (6) |
| UNDERMILK | Play for voices by Dylan Thomas, about the people of Llareggub (5,4,4) |
| WOOD | Play for voices by Dylan Thomas, about the people of Llareggub (5,4,4) |
| DYLANTHOMAS | 20th Century Welsh poet whose best-known works include the "play for voices" Under Milk Wood (5,6) |
| PHYLICIARASHAD | First Black performer to win a Tony Award for Lead Actress in a Play for A Raisin in the Sun in 2004: 2 wds. |
| JAMESEARLJONES | First Black performer to win a Tony Award for Lead Actor in a Play for The Great White Hope in 1969: 3 wds. |
| SONG | Musical composition for voices such as an aria, carol, lullaby or sea shanty; melodious vocalisation of a bird; a poem; a fuss; or, a trifle (4) |
| MILKWOOD | Shortly before his death, Welsh poet Dylan Thomas narrated on radio his famous work set in the village of Llareggub, Under ... (4,4) |
| DRESSREHEARSALS | Mini show trials perhaps for those in various outfits preparing to make a play for the abbey (5,10) |
| EXEUNT | Instruction in a play for a number of actors to leave the stage (6) |
| PERSON | Word, derived from the Latin meaning "actor's mask, character in a play", for a human being (6) |
| SCAMON | Make a play for, in slang |
| CHASED | Made a play for amateur society in revolutionary drama first (6) |
| SUPE | Extra in a play, for short |
| CADERIDRIS | One of the Welsh mountains contrasted with Llareggub Hill by Rev Eli Jenkins in Under Milk Wood |
| ABBEYTHEATRE | Priory is for opening people up to one of those making a play for others (5,7) |
| MYHEART | "While tearing off a game of golf; I may make a play for the caddy; But when I do, I don't follow th |
| DRAMATISATION | Making a play for doctor, a mother mixes one statin with love (13) |
| DINGLE | He was shocked to see his sister making a play for Jacob in the Dales (5,6) |