| DRESSCIRCLE | A tier of seats in a theatre, usually the first gallery above the ground floor (5,6) |
| SCARAMOUCHE | Stock character of theatre, usually the object of Harlequin's anger |
| BLANK | Vacant lot principally in a tier of seats? (5) |
| OPERETTA | Short form of musical theatre, usually on a light or humorous theme (8) |
| BALCONY | Gallery above a dress circle (7) |
| STALL | A compartment for a single animal in a cowshed or stable; each of a row of seats in a choir; one of the fingers of a glove; a booth for the sale of goods in a Christmas market or any other fair; or, a |
| CHOIRSTALLS | Rows of seats in a church for the use of the church singers or clergy (5,6) |
| BANK | From "bench", a word for a money-dealer's table or counter that came to mean an establishment for the custody of money; a tier of oars; a row of keys; or, a sloped side of a river (4) |
| TIER | One of a set of rows of seats in a theatre, layers forming a wedding cake, plates of a cake stand or flounces on a style of ruffled skirt (4) |
| SECONDSTORY | It's above the ground floor |
| ROW | A spell of sculling; the distance oared; a raucous quarrel; or, a drill of vegetable plants, line of stitches, queue of people, rank of chess squares, tier of seats or other orderly file (3) |
| BLEACHERS | Unroofed and inexpensive tier of seats in a sports stadium (9) |
| STALLS | Cowsheds or stables; doorless pews; booths for the sale of goods; or, ground-floor seats in a theatre (6) |
| BUREAU | Desk typically with a writing flap and a tier of pigeon holes (6) |
| CIRCLE | Name the upper section of seats in a theatre (6) |
| PAWN | Usually the first piece moved in a game of chess |
| AMPHITHEATRE | A circular or oval building in which tiers of seats rise from a central open arena, as in ancient Rome (12) |
| IOWA | U.S. state whose caucus is usually the first event in the presidential primaries (4) |
| ETAGERE | Shelf for objet d'art; or, a tier of plates for small sandwiches and cakes (7) |
| AISLE | Passage between rows of seats in a cinema or shelves in a supermarket (5) |
