| EXTRA | A background actor in a film (5) |
| EXTRAS | Follow-up to The Office, in which Ricky Gervais played Andy Millman, a background actor (6) |
| CAMEO | A small low relief sculpture or anaglyph on onyx, sardonyx other stone of two different coloured layers; or, a brief appearance of a distinguished actor in a film or play (5) |
| GESSO | Mixture of plaster and glue that is used in sculpture and as a background in painting |
| PABLO | Picasso begins painting a background lurid orange (5) |
| SHYER | More of a background person |
| RACER | Do a background check on |
| CAST | A pair of hawks flown together in falconry; a company of actors in a film or play; or, a swarm of bees leaving a hive (4) |
| THEMAINMAN | Like a leading actor in a flick, is this, as Gregory Peck was in Moby Dick (3,4,3) |
| LEADINGMAN | Main actor in a film (7,3) |
| STAR | Principal actor in a film (4) |
| COSTAR | Fellow actor in a film |
| PASTORCAST | Actors in a film featuring church ministers? |
| BITPLAYER | Background actor chewed soft chicken? (3,6) |
| MOVIEEXTRA | Background actor (Last three letters + ...) |
| EXTRAVAGANT | Wasteful background actor versus precious metal worker (11) |
| RELIEF | From "raise up", a word for deliverance from burden, pain or stress; comfort thereafter; a sculpture protruding from a background; a rest or breather; or, aid to the poor (6) |
| RHUBARB | What word is repeated by background actors to simulate conversation? (7) |
| LIVEINTHEPAST | To be constantly taking a walk down memory lane is to have a background in 19th century history perhaps (4,2,3,4) |
| TINT | In printing, a panel of faint colour serving as a background for text etc. (4) |
