| TOOKPART | Accepted the role and participated in (4,4) |
| LLCOOLJ | Rapper who introduced and participated in a Grammy performance honoring hip-hop's fiftieth anniversary (February, 2023) |
| LOITER | It is in the role and it calls for you to hang about (6) |
| LORE | Accept the role and dispense with traditional learning (4) |
| TOOKNOPART | Accepted the role of Fleming's Doctor or remained aloof |
| RICHARDGERE | Actor who accepted the role of Edward in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| AGREEDTO | Accepted the terms in the contract, for instance: 2 wds. |
| MARYROSE | With the sister boat Peter Pomegranate, Henry VIII's warship whose first sailing master Thomas Spert accepted the royal charter for Trinity House in 1514 (4,4) |
| TAKEPART | Play a 'bit' role and fail to steal the whole show (4,4) |
| IMPACTED | Devil played a role and got stuck (8) |
| TROLLOPE | Author recreated role and plot (8) |
| TOOKNOTE | Accepted the money, one observed (4,4) |
| BADSANTA | 2003 Billy Bob Thornton title role ... and a hint to each set of puzzle circles |
| PUSSYCAT | Lousy pay-cuts head of staffing's accepted, the wimp (5-3) |
| FACEDTHEMUSIC | Accepted the consequences of one's actions, and what the artists did with the hits in this puzzle? |
| CISCO | Duncan Renaldo played the title role and Leo Carrillo was Pancho in The ... Kid |
| STARRED | Had the best role and looked right in it (7) |
| BOUGHTINTO | Accepted the idea, say, and got a share in the enterprise (6,4) |
| TOOKNOTES | Paid attention to the lecture and accepted the money (4,5) |
| CHE | 1969 biopic starring Omar Sharif in the title role and featuring Jack Palance as Fidel Castro (3) |
