| THEROYAL | "My plays are here!" (No hack poet, as revealed in his troupe) (3,5,11,7) |
| GREYLY | Without colour, devoid of odd characters, reactionary, my plays enrage |
| SWEDEN | Country's debt reduced by 50%, as revealed in news broadcast |
| SATURN | God as revealed in performance by salvationists? |
| IDEAS | Die as revealed in thoughts |
| LYRIC | Impossibly rich, as revealed in the song (5) |
| TORAH | Will of God as revealed in Mosaic Law (5) |
| MASONRY | Indication of pregnant Virgin, as revealed in stonework? |
| PRIVATELIFE | Career of soldier as revealed in autobiography (7,4) |
| ISTANDCORRECTED | My mistake is temperature, with my play set out in the sun (1,5,9) |
| INCORRECT | Getting cross, perhaps, in my play area before time (9) |
| AGE | "Ice ___" (film series whose sixth installment is in the works, as revealed by Disney over the weekend) |
| HOROSCOPE | What's to become of you? All the signs are here! |
| ESPY | Yes! Pythons are here! You'll catch sight of them there (4) |
| PETSHOPBOYS | Step back and dance guys, the musicians are here! (3,4,4) |
| LEWIS | The French want a poet as a driver (5,8) |
| BARMAID | I am turning into a poet as drinks server (7) |
| MOTHERHUBBARD | Leading nun to focus on poet as improvident dog-owner (6,7) |
| MYSTERY | The Chester ____ Plays are a medieval drama series revived in 1951, and will next be performed in June and July 2023 |
| THEATRE | Plays are performed in here (7) |
