| PLAYACT | Behave in an excessively dramatic fashion (4-3) |
| THEATRICALISED | Aired athletics for a change, though they were presented in an excessively dramatic fashion, perhaps |
| SCRAPE | Behave in an excessively deferential way holding space bar down somehow (3,3,6) |
| BOWAND | Behave in an excessively deferential way holding space bar down somehow (3,3,6) |
| RUNRIOT | Behave in an unrestrained way (3,4) |
| RUNWILD | Grow or behave in an uncontrolled way (3,4) |
| FANATIC | Crazy, in fact, to describe American as an excessively enthusiastic person (7) |
| IMAGERY | How idiots behave in an East Anglian bishopric (7) |
| IRATELY | How fools behave in an East Anglian city (7) |
| OVERACT | Behave in an exaggerated manner on stage? (7) |
| GLUTTON | An excessively greedy eater (7) |
| FLORIDA | State it's an excessively ornate one (7) |
| INANELY | How idiot behaves in an English cathedral city (7) |
| CONCEIT | An excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc. (7) |
| FLORIDLY | In favour of taking in novice without serious thought or in an excessively intricate way (8) |
| SATIABLY | In an excessively fulfilling way |
| OVERANXIOUSLY | In an excessively nervous manner |
| KOWTOW | Act in an excessively subservient manner (6) |
| HANDLE | Online username, in an excessively formal way of speech |
| SLOUCH | Stand or move in an excessively relaxed manner (6) |