| PUNCHBOWL | Clownish entertainer to produce a ball in party kit (9) |
| PIERROT | Clownish entertainer the cause of quay's collapse? (7) |
| TOPBANANA | Star entertainer to be advised about work by Charlie (3,6) |
| CLOSEDOWN | Wrapping up songs, entertainer's to stop broadcasting (5,4) |
| PLANETARY | Neptune: a ball in pieces circling a remarkably hollow luminous cloud (9,6) |
| SPINSERVE | Tricky way to put a ball in play |
| PLACEKICK | First strike of a ball in a soccer match (5,4) |
| LANGOUSTE | A Scotsman has a ball in Lithuania eating prime seafood |
| HARLEQUIN | Columbine's clownish lover in a diamond-patterned costume, from whom some variegated dogs, ducks and ladybirds derive their names (9) |
| SLAPSTICK | Clownish physical comedy (9) |
| BOZODEREK | Clownish Yankee teammate of Alfonso and Hideki? |
| STROKE | A beat of a heart; a hit of a ball in golf or tennis; a solidus or virgule; a pull of an oar; a sound of a clock's chime; or, a sudden sweep of genius or luck (6) |
| HOST | Act as entertainer to a large number (4) |
| CONJUROR | Entertainer to practise deception in court? |
| UNDERCUT | To hit a ball (in cricket, say) in such a way as to cause a backspin (8) |
| COHOSTED | Wasn't the only entertainer to fashion hoods etc (2-6) |
| HOSTAGE | Kidnapped person and entertainer to get on |
| STIRFRY | Rouse versatile British entertainer to provide mixed dish (4,3) |
| GHOSTTRAIN | Grand entertainer to direct on-line thriller? |
| PICADOR | Entertainer to choose an entrance, say |
