| TRANSCRIPT | Copy of nasty rant is given to one of those in the abbey (10) |
| PLAYGROUND | One of those in the abbey crushed by The Yard (10) |
| SMALLTIMER | Minute watch given to one of little account (5-5) |
| DRAMATISES | Works in the abbey all over the place - it's a dream at the start of the season (10) |
| FRONTISPIECE | Illustration from part of the forecast is given to one of those on the board (12) |
| LAYMAN | One of those in the abbey needing no introduction leads monks and nuns and one of the flock (6) |
| ACTINGSCHOOL | What those in the abbey are doing for the teachers and for those taking part in the future? (6,6) |
| PROMPTBOOK | Swift finds Gulliver's Travels, for example, is read in the abbey as a reminder to others (6,4) |
| ILLEGALACT | It's forbidden to make a scene in The Abbey - they might deem that sort of performance unlawful? (7,3) |
| MONKFISH | One of those in The Abbey cast is on a pescatarian diet (8) |
| DOMINICANS | Party with very small drinking vessels in The Abbey (10) |
| MELODRAMAS | Endless fruit from Madras freshly produced in the abbey (10) |
| ACTS | A court summons - the first of a number dividing those in The Abbey (4) |
| WRITEAPLAY | Do Will's job or find work in the abbey (5,1,4) |
| INDOLENT | In the Territory, dole is given to one indisposed to activity (8) |
| AFLOAT | Answer given to one of those taking orders by one of those barely keeping their head above water (6) |
| BOATYMCBOATFACE | When this absurd moniker won a hijacked 2016 poll to name a new U.K. research vessel, the result was (partly) honored: The name was given to one of the ship's unmanned submersibles |
| OBLITERATE | Get rid of nasty boil -- treat with calamine finally (10) |
| SEVERENESS | Grim quality of nasty sneers after end of Christmas Eve |
| REHEARSAL | Run through what those in the abbey are capable of (9) |
