| ACTIVEMEMBER | After fourth act, don't forget king disappears as contributor to group (6,6) |
| GOESLIKEADREAM | Works very well but disappears as if an illusion had been shattered? |
| DETERMINISTIC | Put off by small criticism, king disappears believing everything is fixed |
| DRESSDOWN | Read the riot act 'Don't wear your Sunday best!' (5,4) |
| AGNEW | Composer not right first to last as contributor to 10 24 (5) |
| UPON | In contact with contributor to group online (4) |
| ACTIVISM | The fourth act is mayhem initially, involving militant behaviour (8) |
| DEBASED | Mean male singer dumping fourth act outside (7) |
| RATEPAYERS | Men of property as contributors |
| CARDTRICK | One might involve making a king disappear |
| EVADE | Those fronting extremely vicious acts don't easily escape |
| BOWANDSCRAPE | Show humility slavishly to group swallowing old whiskey to unwind Casper (3,3,6) |
| INSPECTORATE | Angry about new statement of requirements getting to group of investigators |
| STUPEFACTION | Unexpected upset, to group's great astonishment (12) |
| PURSESTRINGS | Prize money going to group of horses coming first at Sandown held by one of those in the bookmaking business (5,7) |
| CREATION | Building reaction after fourth moves up to first (8) |
| FADE | Gradually disappear as one of the swingers might want to do this (4) |
| SPLITINFINITIVE | Part 4, endless, about to disappear as an exemplar (5,10) |
| NOGGIN | Head going fuzzy after fourth of brandies (6) |
| ACTIVATE | Get going, having dined after fourth part of play (8) |
