| STATUETTE | Alien caught in the act by Oscar, for one (9) |
| REDHANDED | Caught in the act by Communist who helped in (3,6) |
| BUSTED | Local caught in the act by sub-editor dismissing Rio (6) |
| COSMETIC | Alien caught by huge slap (8) |
| METAGE | Weighing alien caught by wizard (6) |
| NICHOLSON | Jack ---, actor who won Best Actor Oscar for One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (9) |
| ASININITY | A bad act by one twerp, the ultimate in crazy folly |
| OFSEVILLE | The, opera buffa in two acts by Rossini, first performed in 1816 (6,2,7) |
| RIGOLETTO | Opera in three acts by Verdi (9) |
| LOHENGRIN | Romantic opera in three acts by Richard Wagner (9) |
| MASKARADE | Opera in three acts by Carl Nielsen (alternative spelling) (9) |
| BEAUGESTE | Noble act by worker perhaps nursing a sick guest (4,5) |
| GOITALONE | Act by oneself unaided (2,2,5) |
| THEBARBER | Opera buffa in two acts by Rossini, first performed in 1816 (3,6,2,7) |
| TAPDANCES | Acts by a sole performer? (3,6) |
| AWARD | Oscar, for one, gets a place in medical institution (5) |
| DODDLE | It's easy to swindle Oscar for one (6) |
| GROUCH | Marx failed to finish off Oscar, for one (6) |
| PLAY | Stage play in one act by Samuel Beckett first performed in English in 1964 |
| SLOB | Oscar, for one |
