| APPLECART | "The ... ...", play by George Bernard Shaw subtitled A Political Extravaganza (5,4) |
| THEAPPLECART | 1928 play by George Bernard Shaw subtitled A Political Extravaganza |
| MANANDSUPERMAN | 1905 four-act play by George Bernard Shaw subtitled A Comedy and A Philosophy (3,3,8) |
| HEARTBREAKHOUSE | 1919 play by George Bernard Shaw subtitled 'A Fantasia in the Russian Manner on English Themes' (10,5) |
| CART | George Bernard Shaw play subtitled A Political Extravaganza (3,5,4) |
| THEAPPLE | And 1 George Bernard Shaw play subtitled A Political Extravaganza (3,5,4) |
| MOUSETRAP | 'The ---', play by Agatha Christie which opened in London in 1952 (9) |
| KNIGHTS | The -; play by Aristophanes, the dramatist who also wrote The Clouds, The Wasps, The Birds and The Frogs (7) |
| MOREWOE | In 5.3, the Prince ends the play by summarizing the story: "For never was a story of ___ ___ Than this of Juliet and her Romeo." |
| CYRANO | What completes the title of ___ de Bergerac, the play by Rostand made into a film starring Gerard Depardieu? (6) |
| CLOUDS | "The ...", play by Aristophanes featuring the character Socrates (6) |
| SHREW | 'The Taming of the ---', play by William Shakespeare (5) |
| SEAGULL | "The ---", play by Chekhov featuring the character Trigorin (7) |
| IGUANA | 'The Night of the ---', play by Tennessee Williams (6) |
| ANNOUNCE | Do the play-by-play, say |
| SPORTSANNOUNCER | One doing the play-by-play |
| SLABBOYS | "The --- ---", Play by John Byrne first produced in 1978 at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh (4,4) |
| ICEMAN | The --- ---, play by Eugene O'Neill first performed in 1946 (6,6) |
| COMETH | The --- ---, play by Eugene O'Neill first performed in 1946 (6,6) |
| DUCHESS | 'The ---', play by John Webster published in 1623 (7,2,5) |
