| STUNTS | Dangerous, daring feats performed by actors in films (6) |
| STUNT | A daring feat performed in an action film (5) |
| DIRECTED | Commanded or guided, perhaps actors in films (8) |
| LABOR | Any of the twelve difficult feats performed by Hercules |
| FRUITFUL | Productive or a punny description of the feat performed by William Tell? |
| ORSINO | Fictional duke captured by actors in Othello (6) |
| MISCUE | Mistake made by actor in pool, perhaps? (6) |
| CALLOW | Simon -; actor in films including Amadeus, A Room With A View and Shakespeare in Love (6) |
| SPLITS | Breaks off relations because of an acrobatic feat performed |
| LEDGER | Heath -; actor in films including The Patriot, The Dark Knight and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (6) |
| MARTIN | Steve -; actor in films including Roxanne, Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Father of the Bride (6) |
| TOBIAS | Oliver ___, Swiss-born actor in films such as The Stud whose real surname is Freitag |
| MONOLOGUES | Long solo speeches by actors in plays or films (10) |
| LASTRADA | Conclusive instructors of actors in film (2,6) |
| STARWARS | 6 of leading actors in film franchise? |
| DRAMA | Work to be performed by actors (5) |
| TRAPEZEARTIST | With zest, patter is used when in the air performing his daring feats (7,6) |
| MASKS | Items worn by actors in ancient Greek theater |
| NEWSCAST | Variety of points made by actors in TV feature maybe (8) |
| SCRIPTWRITER | Author of words spoken by actors, in play, film etc (12) |
