| COSTUME | Clothes worn by an actor or at a fancy dress ball (7) |
| COSTUMES | Sets of clothes worn by actors or at a fancy dress party in order to look like someone or something else (8) |
| BALLET | Expressive dancing at a fancy-dress function from the mid-nineties |
| DEBUT | First appearance before the public by an actor or by a girl, in society |
| SICKBAY | A room or area for the treatment of ill or injured people, as on board a ship or at a boarding school (7) |
| FARTHER | To, or at, a greater extent, degree, or a more advanced stage (7) |
| FURTHER | To, or at, a greater extent, degree, or a more advanced stage (7) |
| FORMALS | Fancy dress balls |
| ANGERED | Cross also being worn by an actor |
| APPAREL | Clothes worn by a very quiet earl, possibly (7) |
| UNIFORM | Clothes worn by soldiers or schoolchildren (7) |
| PLUSONE | What an actor or actress ought to bring with them to the Oscars |
| ONSTAGE | Where an actor or magician might perform? (2,5) |
| OUTOFIT | Ripped clothes worn by Oscar (3,2,2) |
| TOPDOGS | Clothes worn by power party bosses (3,4) |
| ATTIRED | In clothes worn by archaeologist, but only outside |
| HELDOFF | Keep apart or at a distance (4,3) |
| HOLDOFF | Keep apart or at a distance (4,3) |
| PLAINCLOTHES | Police out of place at the Fancy Dress Ball? (5-7) |
| SCRIPT | Cursive handwriting, or printed type in this manner; an orthography; or, an actor or director's copy of a film or play's dialogue or text (6) |
