| KEYSTROKES | A few entries onscreen and financier finally invested in essential fuels |
| HOKEYCOKEY | Activity of party, perhaps, importing essential fuel to Scottish island (5,5) |
| MAME | Title character played by Rosalind Russell onscreen and Angela Lansbury on Broadway |
| BOGIE | Bacall's onscreen and offscreen love, familiarly |
| HEARTINESS | Some wreathe art in essential quality of sincerity (10) |
| TECHNICIAN | Tradesman, basically trained in essentials of mechanics (10) |
| COSTARICAN | Certain Central American's onscreen partner, Cain, in disarray (5,5) |
| VIDEODIARY | I've day without a radio broadcast for onscreen recording of thoughts (5,5) |
| OLIVIAPOPE | "Scandal" protagonist who had legendary onscreen chemistry with President Grant |
| MYSELF | Keneally finally invested in manuscript written by mischiefmaker in person (6) |
| CASH | Money a deaconess finally invested in church |
| LARGER | Sponsor finally invested in drink, being more generous (6) |
| BEARINGS | One finally invested in bank that's lost sense of direction |
| MIRABILEDICTU | Wonderful to report motorway with metal barriers round black spot finally invested in hospital unit |
| SPENDABLE | Like take-home pay writer finally invested in fur |
| VIRGIL | Old poet's daughter finally invested in watch |
| AUCTION | You finally invested in case it has lots to offer (7) |
| USANCE | American corporation finally invested in wonderful time for payment (6) |
| BYRE | Farmer finally invested in extra accommodation for cattle |
| KNIT | Woman finally invested in gear-to make jumpers? (4) |