| SETTHESCENE | Describe the background to a story, event, etc (3,3,5) |
| LILY | Woody might describe the background to this Allen in the UK (4) |
| INCIDENTALMUSIC | Background to a film or play |
| BACKDROP | Background to a scene or situation (8) |
| SETSTHESCENE | Describes the background to dramatic events (4,3,5) |
| POINTOFVIEW | Narrator's position in relation to a story: 3 wds. |
| LIEDETECTOR | One's capable of responding to a story |
| CAMOUFLAGED | Blending in with the background, so as to be difficult to see (11) |
| ENVIRONMENT | Eccentric inventor with madmen in the background |
| RIGHTS | The authority to perform, publish, film, or televise a particular work, event, etc. (6) |
| SKILLETS | Puts as a background to the murder in the vessels (8) |
| RELIVE | To vividly remember a sensation, event, etc (6) |
| IRONY | The incongruity of a very strong end to a story (5) |
| REVIEW | Word for a looking back; a formal inspection of military troops or naval ships; an assessment or survey; a critique; or, a periodical with write ups on books, culture, current events etc (6) |
| PROGRAMME | A list of the events, etc in a public performance (9) |
| VNECK | Even features of event, etc, OK as alternative to polo? |
| SPONSOR | Commercial organization that funds the cost of staging an event, etc. (7) |
| ATTENDS | Goes regularly to (an event, etc.) (7) |
| NARRATE | What a ranter may do to a story |
| EMBELLISHMENT | Detail, often untrue, added to a story to make it more interesting (13) |
