| SOUNDINGBOARD | Discovering what the directors think of baffling device (8-5) |
| PROPOSER | One who moves in favour of baffling problem (8) |
| DELPHI | Source of baffling answers in Philadelphia (6) |
| CHECKLIST | Means of discovering what one has forgotten (5,4) |
| DREAD | Fear what the director saw in the book (5) |
| TOPSECRET | The child creeps about inside, discovering what few know |
| SPIRE | Gasp in excitement on discovering what keeps one upright (5) |
| DEEPSPACE | Travel quickly back and forth, discovering what's out there (4,5) |
| CHOPPINGBOARD | Getting rid of the directors presumably producing the wooden type in The Restaurant (8,5) |
| STEERED | What the director in charge of transport did (7) |
| ACTION | What the director called fringe movement losing the head (6) |
| MADEASCENE | What the director did embarrassed those in public (4,1,5) |
| SHOOTINGSTAR | Is this what the director is expecting to do travelling light? (8,4) |
| ANTONYM | Roman general on Malta discovering what peace is to war (7) |
| CREATEASCENE | What the director will do is cause trouble for everyone to see (6,1,5) |
| TAKE | What the director asked for in Snatch (4) |
| DOROTHYARZNER | "The Bride Wore Red" director who was the first woman to join the Directors Guild of America |
| SWEEPTHEBOARD | Gamble very successfully and remove the directors (5,3,5) |
| GREATDICTATOR | "The ... ...", Charles Chaplin film starring the director as Adenoid Hynkel (5,8) |
| DIRECTIVE | I have followed what the director does so don't take too long to do this (9) |
