| MEASUREFORMEASURE | A play in which the judge Angelo is portrayed as a villain (7,3,7) |
| ELOISE | Angelo is eternally covering for The River star Ms Mumford (6) |
| POETRYSLAM | Spoken word competition with a live audience, from which the judges are often selected |
| CUPID | Which Roman god is portrayed as a winged boy with a bow and arrow? (5) |
| REA | Actor Stephen who is portrayed as a character in the 2024 historical drama series "Say Nothing" |
| EPITASIS | In classical drama, the part of a play in which the main action develops and which leads to the catastrophe (8) |
| SCENES | Divisions of an act in a play, in which the setting is fixed (6) |
| DUOLOGUE | Part of a play in which the speaking roles are limited to two actors (8) |
| ELIJAH | Jezebel is portrayed as the most bitter opponent of which Hebrew prophet? (6) |
| OPERA | A play in which all the words are sung |
| DENOUEMENT | The final part of e.g. a play in which all matters are explained (10) |
| HUGHGRANT | British actor who impressed with a star turn as a villain in Paddington 2, and is now back on the small screen in The Undoing, opposite Nicole Kidman (4,5) |
| SATIRIST | Artist is portrayed as one producing the ridiculous (8) |
| TWOHANDER | A play in which there are only two characters (3-6) |
| CLEEF | Actor known for his roles as a villain in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and For A Few Dollars More, Lee Van - (5) |
| KNOCKON | In Rugby, a foul play in which the ball is hit forwards |
| DEMONISED | Action taken about Scots man is portrayed as evil (9) |
| INTERVAL | What is a break, as between acts of a play in a theatre (8) |
| FLUTE | Worker who plays Thisbe in the play within a play in A Midsummer Night's Dream (5) |
| OURTOWN | Play in which the Stage Manager is a character |
