| VANTAGEPOINT | A position that allows one a wide or favourable overall view of a scene or situation (7,5) |
| BACKSEATDOWN | Position that allows more car space? |
| CURTAIN | Drape concealing a stage whose fall marks the close of a scene; or, an item traditionally made by a draper, sometimes with extra puddling (7) |
| BACKDROP | Background to a scene or situation (8) |
| PANORAMA | Overall view of gold kept in a hat (8) |
| BIGPICTURE | Overall view of the mega film (3,7) |
| BAR | Don't allow one a place to get a drink (3) |
| PERMIT | Allow one a way to produce curls in hair (6) |
| VANTAGEPOINTS | Overall views of high-court judge? (7,6) |
| TAKE | A scene or version of a shot filmed at one time; a sequence of recorded music; a capture of a chess piece; a catch of a ball; or, a quantity of copy given to a compositor (4) |
| CONFIRMATION | Verification that allows one to communicate! (12) |
| PITCH | Sticky black distillation of tar; a quality that allows one to classify a sound as high or low; or, an area of ground for a sports game/match |
| GLUEDTOTHETV | Where your eyes might stay during a suspenseful scene ... or the only place you'll find the "eyes" in this puzzle |
| THEATRE | A playhouse; the world of actors; or, a scene or field of action (7) |
| IMPACT | One foreign politician getting to make a scene or that's the impression (6) |
| VIEW | A scene or prospect, as of a landscape (4) |
| SINECURE | What is a position that requires little or no work, but yields profit or honour? (8) |
| SOFTFOCUS | Deliberate blurring of a film scene or a photograph so as to give it a romantic or dreamy effect (4,5) |
| ACT | Make a scene ... or something made up of scenes |
| APPROVAL | Word for the act of sanctioning or agreeing; commendation; or, favourable judgement (8) |
