| COUPDETHEATRE | Dramatically sudden action, in a play (4,2,7) |
| SUBPLOT | Subordinate action in a play |
| SCENE | Sequence of continuous action in a play, movie, etc. |
| WILDCATSTRIKE | I'd last wicket tumbling around end of over in sudden action (7,6) |
| BING | Dialect for a heap of spoil from a mine; a word imitative of the sound of a bell, bounce or sudden action; or, Microsoft's search engine (4) |
| COUPLET | Sudden action allowed in verse |
| COUPDEGRACE | Sudden action of French lady's finishing stroke (4,2,5) |
| PLAINTIFF | A person who brings a civil action in a court of law (9) |
| DOTHEWAVE | Perform a dynamic crowd action in a stadium |
| CLAIMANT | Person bringing a civil action in a court of law |
| CONSTRUE | Interpret a word or action in a particular way (8) |
| BLINKED | Missed the action, in a way |
| NICOTIANA | Action in a struggle with tobacco (9) |
| STUNT | Exciting action in a movie |
| OSLO | Endless industrial action in a Scandinavian port |
| RINGSIDE | Close to the action in a boxing match |
| LAWSUIT | Action in a legal thriller |
| RULE | Golden ___: basic principle of action, in a way? |
| STEPUPTOTHEPLATE | Take action in a crisis (4,2,2,3,5) |
| APATHY | What rarely leads to action in a way unknown |
