| TRASHTV | "Masterpiece Theatre" it ain't |
| SHOOTAT | Go Away opens at The Abbey Theatre - it could be an attempt at a big hit (5,2) |
| HIPPODROME | Now a term for variety theatre, it was originally a Greek stadium for chariot races, etc (10) |
| TIER | From the theatre it comes back as a line. (4) |
| OPERATES | Some poets are turning up in a theatre. It works (8) |
| TWELFTH | A night at the theatre: it could be glorious (7) |
| TITMICE | Singers in empty theatre, it needing audio equipment brought in |
| PBS | "Masterpiece Theatre" letters |
| ALISTAIR | 'Masterpiece Theatre' host Cooke |
| COOKE | Former "Masterpiece Theatre" host |
| DRAMA | "Masterpiece Theatre" fare |
| BBC | "Masterpiece Theatre" network |
| ALISTAIRCOOKE | Long-time Masterpiece Theatre host |
| DRAMAS | Masterpiece Theatre offerings |
| TWEEDLEDEE | Who says "Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't" |
| LOGIC | "Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's _____" |
| OVER | "It aint over till it's ___" |
| ARETHA | Whitney's "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be" duet partner |
| MISSMAJOR | activist and stonewall participant who said, "if it ain't right, ****ing fix it, whatever it takes" |
| LIE | Say it is, when it ain't |
