| PUSSINBOOTS | Boss is put on to play in 162 Ac (4,2,5) |
| ACTOR | One in 162 Ac, for example, about Croat? (5) |
| THINKINGCAP | This is "put on" to solve a problem |
| CHRISTMAS | Monarchists not on to play in season (9) |
| DOYEN | Most valued prof, eg, is put on to entertain you, biblically |
| DAMES | Mead's served up for 162 Ac characters (5) |
| MARIS | Roger who earned an asterisk for hitting his then-record 61 homers in 162 games |
| SOBS | When the boss is put out he cries bitterly |
| BOOTS | No boss is put off this pantomime (4,2,5) |
| PUSSIN | No boss is put off this pantomime (4,2,5) |
| WRITTENDOWN | Put on to paper, traditional Chinese style? (7,4) |
| CARRY | It is on to play up and off to win (5) |
| ALYSSA | Who's the Boss? child star who went on to play Phoebe in Charmed, ___ Milano |
| ICET | "Cop Killer" singer who went on to play a cop on TV |
| GPS | It needs to be on to play Pokmon Go |
| WARD | Surname of Shane, the 2005 X Factor winner who went on to play Aidan Connor in Coronation Street (4) |
| TIMBOW | 2007 Heisman winner who went on to play for the Broncos |
| STALL | Don't go on to play for time (5) |
| ROSTRUM | Turned on to play something restorative (7) |
| BOWLEGGED | Urged on to play cricket, though by nature a jockey? (3-6) |
