| TAKEINGOODPART | Digest important dramatic role and not be offended |
| PLAYLETS | Not very important dramatic works? (8) |
| OPPOSE | Come face to face and not be in favour |
| LOSE | Mislay and not be able to find |
| STIFF | Eff's to sit this one out and not be so slack |
| TAKEIN | Absorb quite a lot and not be upset (4,2,4,4) |
| GOODPART | Absorb quite a lot and not be upset (4,2,4,4) |
| UNWISE | Will second half stun kiwi case and not be judicious (6) |
| COMPETENT | Efficient way to take part and not be disheartened (9) |
| DRAWINONESHORNS | How one might portray oneself as a devil, and not be so extravagant! (4,2,4,5) |
| ACHE | "The _ for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned": Maya Angelou (4) |
| IDLY | "I cannot sit ___ by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." -Martin Luther King Jr. |
| GETAWAYWITH | Manage to escape at the same time and not be punished (3,4,4) |
| TAKEINBADPART | Understand poor role, but be offended by it (4,2,3,4) |
| TAKEITAMISS | Misinterpret and be offended (4,2,5) |
| ANNE | Actress whose 2019 dramatic roles included Muriel Deacon in BBC's Years And Years and Lady Denham in ITV's Sanditon (4,4) |
| REID | Actress whose 2019 dramatic roles included Muriel Deacon in BBC's Years And Years and Lady Denham in ITV's Sanditon (4,4) |
| CAMEO | Jewellery item - small dramatic role (5) |
| RENDITION | A performance of a musical composition, dramatic role etc (9) |
| DESDEMONA | Dramatic role dame's done badly (9) |
