| OVATION | At a top theatre in the centre of Yeovil, four actors were surprised to receive a sustained show of appreciation from the audience (7) |
| SKIT | I went to a top theatre in the centre of Bristol at the weekend in order to see a short but funny performance (4) |
| BEARS | The three fairy tale animals who were surprised to find out Goldilocks had been sleeping in their beds |
| ROBINHOOD | Role played by each of four actors in the year indicated in their clues |
| OVEREAT | Gorge in middle of Yeovil, a tree ruined (7) |
| TOWN | Word shared by football clubs in Huddersfield, Swindon and Yeovil (4) |
| FORECAST | 4 actors read out tomorrow's weather (8) |
| YOURLIFETHISIS | TV show in which guests were surprised with a big red book, according to Yoda * (4,4,4,2) |
| STARTLED | We were surprised when our daughter left Steart -- very surprised indeed (8) |
| OBJECT | My goal is to secure a job at a top company in the centre of Cheltenham (6) |
| MONOCYTE | Tony, a leading oncologist, is working with three chemists at a top clinic in Mamhead to identify a mutated white blood cell (8) |
| LOGIC | I met my first girlfriend at a top college in mid-Wales and we fell in love -- I was studying a branch of philosophy (5) |
| CASTLED | The actors were first to have moved on the board (7) |
| VERBATIM | Use a part of speech at a top mass, word for word (8) |
| AVERAGE | Mean to declare at a top ground, by the end (7) |
| TEAM | Was a group of players at an empty theatre, in the morning (4) |
| RENTAL | The hiring of a theatre in the "legitimate" sense (6) |
| ILCHESTER | Village and civil parish on the River Yeo in Somerset, five miles north of Yeovil (9) |
| LONGISLAND | Where the four Baldwin brother actors were born |
| PLAYERS | There was plenty of movement as far as these actors were concerned (9,7) (See 9D) |
