| SUNSETBOULEVARD | "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up" movie |
| CLOSEUP | Sunset Boulevard: "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my..." (5,2) |
| SWANSON | Actress who starred in some 70 films before her role as a faded legend in Sunset Boulevard, the film with the line "I'm ready for my close-up" (7) |
| MARKROTHKO | Morph: OK, OK Mr Hart, here we have an artist (4,6) |
| MEOWED | Said "I'm ready for my cat Go-Gurt now" |
| BLUECHEESE | Conservative: I'm ready for my photo and something to eat (4,6) |
| TWOFEET | *"...I'm ready, yes, I'm ready for you. I'm standing on my own ____ ____" |
| CORACLE | I'm ready for a row, caught by authoritative statement |
| IMPOSING | Prominent when I'm ready for the picture (8) |
| IMPOSED | I'm ready for the picture to be put on (7) |
| THEARCHER | Taylor Swift song that begins "Combat, I'm ready for combat" |
| MIDYEAR | By the end of June I'm ready for a change (7) |
| LIEN | Legal right Mr Kinnock looked up? (4) |
| TGIF | 'I'm ready for the weekend!' |
| SOCKITTOME | I'm ready for anything, so tackle book about origin of crosswords (4,2,2,2) |
| NEXTPLEASE | "I'm ready for another customer!" |
| NEXT | "I'm ready for another customer!" |
| RURAL | Are you to the right, Mr Gore, of the country? (5) |
| PALADIN | A loud noise from my close friend summons the arrival of the knight-errant |
| IMMEDIATEFAMILY | One converted a timid female among my close relatives (9,6) |
