| MARAUDER | Bandit in tragic drama has united with Queen (8) |
| POWERCUT | Current failure has United team in first position going the wrong way |
| RAPPAREE | Term for a guerrilla soldier or bandit in 17th-century Ireland. (8) |
| THESPIAN | Word, from the name of the Greek poet regarded as the founder of tragic drama, for an actor (8) |
| SANATANA | & 9 Famous artist, penned a tragic drama about earliest of human faith (8,6) |
| ORESTEIA | Trilogy of tragic dramas by Aeschylus (8) |
| ORESYEIA | Trilogy of tragic dramas by Aeschylus (8) |
| HONOLULU | Rejected Japanese drama has nothing to do with outstanding example that acts as a backdrop to Pearl |
| ONEARMED | Like a certain bandit in casino near medic (3-5) |
| BRIGANDS | Bandits in gangs, stealing equipment (8) |
| ELSINORE | European learning about evil in tragic setting |
| TRINIDAD | Island in the West Indies that was united with Tobago in 1888 as a single colony (8) |
| MOLDAVIA | Historical region and former principality which. in 1859, united with Wallachia to form (modern) Romania (8) (8) |
| FLAUTIST | Player from United with model back in apartment (8) |
| ANGUILLA | One of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the eastern Caribbean, for a few years united with St Kitts and Nevis (8) |
| OPPONENT | Other side of old pages united with Christian writings (8) |
| SOMEWHAT | West Ham United with outstanding header, awfully pretty (8) |
| ZANZIBAR | Island off the coast of East Africa, since 1964, a republic united with Tanganyika (8) |
| NEBRASKA | Where Lincoln found supporters of Newcastle United with spirit |
| ANNUALLY | Girl united with friend as birthday's coming up |
