| OPENCAST | Confer Oscar on writer and actors of mine (4-4) |
| ADAMSANDLER | Comedian and actor of Murder Mystery and Uncut Gems (4,7) |
| NOVELLO | What was the surname of Ivor, the Welsh composer and actor of romantic musical comedies? (7) |
| PROMPTER | Person reminding actors of their lines (8) |
| MILLIGAN | Anglo/Irish comedian, writer and actor, a principal member of The Goons comedy team, who first came to Mallorca in the 1960s to visit his friend the writer Robert Graves in Deia, and returned several |
| ROMANCER | Right to pour cream on writer of fiction (8) |
| LEFTOVER | Excess from Oscar on daily bar tours |
| CASTRATI | Singers and actors given position on scale - all but "no good" (8) |
| BOHEMIAN | Like a colony of artists and actors in Paris |
| RICKSHAW | Two-wheeled vehicle putting strain on writer (8) |
| DRESSING | Bandage doctor put on writer lacking length (8) |
| DESCRIBE | Depict in words how Ed turned on writer (8) |
| TOMMYGUN | Check up on writer's piece, one used by mobster (5,3) |
| HEBRAIST | Jewish expert and actors enthralling island (8) |
| CABALIST | Jewish expert and actors enthralling island (8) |
| SPIKELEE | "Do the Right Thing" director, writer and actor |
| PODCASTS | Dolphins and actors' digital downloads? (8) |
| GROWLING | Good on author making low sounds (8) |
| ALGONQUIN | and 15/19dn, Group of early 20th-century New York City writers and actors depicted in 1994 biopic Mrs Parker and the Vicious Circle |
| ROUND | Group of early 20th-century New York City writers and actors depicted in 1994 biopic Mrs Parker and the Vicious Circle (9,5,5) |
