| CONSCIENCE | "The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the - of the king" Shakespeare (Hamlet) (10) |
| PLAY | "The ___'s the thing, wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king": Hamlet (4) |
| LITTLEIRELAND | As arranged, I'll catch the three o'clock train and go to visit my sweetheart Ted, who lives in a house near Wedmore (6,7) |
| RETURN | Highest-grossing film of 2003, The Lord of the Rings: The ... of the King (6) |
| MAXIMGORKY | Author of the plays The Lower Depths and Children Of The Sun (5,5) |
| ACTII | When Hamlet says "The play's the thing" in "Hamlet" |
| SHOWWITHINASHOW | Dramatic device about which Hamlet says "The play's the thing ..." |
| ACTTWO | When Hamlet says "The play's the thing" |
| GAMER | The play's the thing for one more willing (5) |
| HAMLET | "The play's the thing" speaker |
| DRAMA | Class where the play's the thing |
| LEAR | King ---, Shakespeare tragedy about a pre-Roman king of the Britons (4) |
| FRAYN | Michael -; author of the plays The Two of Us and Noises Off and novels including The Tin Men, Sweet Dreams, Headlong and Spies (5) |
| GENET | Jean, author of the plays The Maids and The Balcony (5) |
| BENNETT | Alan ___, English writer whose works include the plays The Madness Of George III and The History Boys (7) |
| ALANBENNETT | English writer whose works include the plays The Madness Of George III and The History Boys (4,7) |
| PINTER | Harold, author of the plays The Birthday Party and The Lover (6) |
| SHERIDAN | Writer of the plays The Rivals and The School for Scandal |
| MARQUIS | Don, US author of the plays The Dark Hours and The Old Soak (7) |
| ALE | "For a quart of ___ is a dish for a king": Shakespeare |
