| DIRECTORSCUT | Edited version of a film, and a theme hint |
| PET | Water-bowl user (or the start of a film and TV actor's split personality) |
| MATILDA | Novel by Roald Dahl With characters including Miss Honey and Trunchbull, adapted into a film and a musical (7) |
| ROUGHCUT | Partially edited version of a movie |
| ABNER | Al Capp's comic strip that became a film and a Broadway musical, Li'l ... |
| WARHORSE | Novel by Sir Michael Morpurgo, followed by Farm Boy, that was adapted into a film and a play (3,5) |
| SPIESINDISGUISE | 2019 film whose secret agent protagonist becomes a pigeon, and a theme hint |
| REVISED | Edited version of the Bible (7) |
| TITUS | Tutors gain edited version of character in the Gormenghast series (5,5) |
| GROAN | Tutors gain edited version of character in the Gormenghast series (5,5) |
| CHARLESTON | Kid passed around edited version of her last dance (10) |
| YOUREASAINT | "Thanks a million for all that help," and a theme hint |
| MIXEDFOREST | Area with both deciduous and coniferous trees ... and a theme hint |
| CLOSINGTIME | What's after last call at a bar, and a theme hint |
| COLLEGEBOUND | Planning to attend a university, and a theme hint |
| REVISIONS | Edited versions of manuscripts about dreams (9) |
| WRAPPINGGIFTS | Holiday season task, and a theme hint (Note what the first letters of the starred clues' answers spell) |
| CORNERTHEMARKET | Gain control on Wall Street, and a theme hint |
| SIGNIN | Logon, and a theme hint |
| AGREETODISAGREE | Leave an argument unresolved, and a theme hint |
