| BIRTHDAYPARTY | 12 19 play for today? (8,5) |
| WESTSIDESTORY | 12 19 (here) acting family date with Conservative (4,4,5) |
| DOCTORZHIVAGO | 12 19 (here) to treat last cause of AIDS in the past (6,7) |
| HALFCENTURIAN | 12 19 (coining a phrase) 20th of a dime and a run I made (4,9) |
| ABIGAIL | Her party was the setting for a Mike Leigh play which was shown as a BBC Play for Today in 1977, in which Alison Steadman played Beverley (7) |
| TOY | Play for today, outwardly? (3) |
| WADIA | Heather in Play For Today: Never Too Late (4,5) |
| NINA | Heather in Play For Today: Never Too Late (4,5) |
| COPLEY | Arthur in Play For Today: Big Winners (4,6) |
| PAUL | Arthur in Play For Today: Big Winners (4,6) |
| LANGTALLSALLY | Little Richard song, for today |
| PRESSONSNAILS | Fashion item for today's busy mollusk? |
| GREENTEA | Teenager's drunk nonalcoholic drink suitable for today? (5,3) |
| INNIU | What is the Irish for "today"? (5) |
| JOYCEOFANEWGENERATION | "Ulysses" author for today? |
| HODAKOTB | She lives for "Today"? |
| EDNA | ___, the Inebriate Woman, 1971 Play for Today TV drama starring Patricia Hayes in the title role |
| FOOLSPARADISE | Mix-up of the three other long answers, utopia for today's victim |
| ARAUCARIA | 12 19, a right old way of dating a number (9) |
| VICTORIAN | 12 19 success circum-navigating ocean: it is flawed (9,7) |
