| SHOWUP | Arrive when the entertainment's finished |
| COMPETE | Enter the race and arrive when the favourite gets in (7) |
| SHOWSUP | Appears as entertainment's finished (5,2) |
| DUE | About to arrive When you've solved the crossword, the letters on the shaded squares, reading left to right, top to bottom, spell a mystery word or phrase. |
| ENSA | The Entertainments National Services Association, in short (4) |
| RIVIERA | Where I arrive, when after a resort? (7) |
| WARRANT | Writ for arrest will arrive when in need (7) |
| ROLLUP | Arrive when bread has risen (4,2) |
| ONCEUPONATIMEIN | Phrase that, when preceded by the first parts of the four theme entries, creates the name of the entertainment in the parenthesis |
| CAKE | "Sometimes in the entertainment industry, people believe the ___ is more real than the baker": Judd Nelson (4) |
| HERE | Before the start of the entertainment the girl is present (4) |
| LASVEGANS | Residents of the "entertainment capital of the world" |
| REELS | Winds up the entertainment at the Scottish festival? |
| BIZ | Slang for the entertainment industry, with "the" |
| PICTUREHOUSE | Where they keep you in the dark regarding the entertainment on view? |
| NASHVILLE | A port on the Cumberland River in Tennessee, site of the entertainment complex Opryland USA |
| LASVEGAS | Nevada city called the Entertainment Capital of the World (3,5) |
| LOSANGELES | City nicknamed "The Entertainment Capital of the World" and "La La Land" (3,7) |
| STAGE | The - - -, weekly newspaper covering the entertainment industry, founded in 1880 (5) |
| DARTS | Moves quickly much to the entertainment of the drinkers (5) |
