| ABILENE | Bit of a scene, libation having been knocked over somewhere in Texas (7) |
| ATAPUSH | With difficulty, cheers up, a hot drink having been knocked over (2,1,4) |
| PISA | A drink knocked over somewhere in Tuscany (4) |
| SETPIECE | Planned action creating a bit of a scene (3,5) |
| BACKCLOTH | Nitwit poking second husband makes a bit of a scene (9) |
| MOROCCO | Changing room with tiniest space over somewhere in Sahara (7) |
| CAIRO | Leaders commonly air it ruthlessly over somewhere in Egypt |
| AUSTIN | Somewhere in Texas, a vessel from America? (6) |
| FORTWORTH | River into which two run somewhere in Texas (4,5) |
| DALLAS | Somewhere in Texas Democrat unfortunately holds line (6) |
| GILBERT | Leg bitten right off, figure having been knocked out a€“ partner in theatre (7) |
| REBOUND | Be knocked over in part of a boxing match and recover quickly (7) |
| FLOORED | Baffled, having been knocked down (7) |
| FECHTER | Scottish boxer maybe genuinely gripped by anxiety, one having been knocked out |
| ADRENAL | A medic's way over somewhere near the kidneys (7) |
| DIORAMA | Three-dimensional model of a scene, either life-size as a museum exhibit or in miniature (7) |
| MAILBOX | One may be knocked over continually by those goddamn teenagers in their goddamned pickup |
| TITANIA | The Quarrel of Oberon and -; artist Joseph Noel Paton's interpretation of a scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream depicting some 165 fairies (7) |
| CURTAIN | Drape concealing a stage whose fall marks the close of a scene; or, an item traditionally made by a draper, sometimes with extra puddling (7) |
| TABLEAU | --- vivant, a representation of a scene, painting or sculpture by a person or group posed silent and motionless (7) |
