| BURBAGE | Actor who co-founded the original Globe Theatre; a friend and associate of William Shakespeare portrayed by Steve Speirs in Upstart Crow (7) |
| RICHARDBURBAGE | English stage actor associated with the original Globe Theatre (7,7) |
| DOC | -- Holliday, close friend and associate of the American lawman Wyatt Earp (3) |
| LENNY | Stand-up comedian and actor who co-founded the Comic Relief charity, ----- Henry (5) |
| MEUCCI | Italian engineer and associate of Giuseppe Garibaldi who owned a candle factory, now widely consider |
| INNES | Neil, singer-comedian and associate of the Monty Python comedy team (5) |
| BLACKOUT | Word for amnesia or deliquium; the blinding of all light in a city or a theatre; a break in communication; media censorship; a power cut; or, the suspension of a broadcast (8) |
| VICTORIA | ___ Wood, comedienne who was a friend and co-star of 12A's in Dinnerladies and Acorn Antiques among others (8) |
| TERRACE | Word for a balcony in a theatre, a row of connected often identical houses, a patio, a flat Spanish-style rooftop, a raised beach or a step-like landform |
| BOXSEAT | A driver's chair on a coach; a loge in a theatre; a grandstand in a stadium; hence a vantage point or commanding position (3,4) |
| END | "Grown-up Christmas List" was written by a person who wished for a world where "everyone would have a friend... and love would never ___" |
| BLUR | Britpop band who played a 'friends and family' gig at the East Anglian Railway Museum in 2009, and who recently announced new dates (4) |
| EDSHEERAN | Red-haired British singer-songwriter who is a friend and collaborator of 8A's (2,7) |
| WANAMAKER | Sam ___, American actor after whom a theatre next to the Globe Theatre in London is named |
| APRONSTAGE | In a theatre, a projection in front of the proscenium arch into the auditorium |
| ATE | Follower of M for a friend and D for friend++ |
| CRONYISM | The appointment of friends and associates to posts of authority without regard to merit (8) |
| GAFF | A fair; one's house; a low-grade or cheap theatre; a hook for landing a large fish; or, humbug and nonsense (4) |
| FLAT | In the theatre, a rectangular wooden frame covered with painted canvas used as part of a set (4) |
| RABBIS | Church leaders and associates of Arab bishops (6) |
