| NIGHTMUSTFALL | Emlyn Williams play (day has to end!) (5,4,4) |
| CORNIS | Emlyn Williams play, The ___ Green |
| ABSCOND | A science graduate on day has to leave quickly (7) |
| VIOLINIST | Musician playing noisily, interminably, after six? Time to end! (9) |
| FUND | Play day in pool |
| HAPPY | Samuel Beckett play, ... Days |
| THECORNISGREEN | Play by Emlyn Williams: 1938 |
| CORN | 'The -- is Green', play by Emlyn Williams (4) |
| THECORN | & 14D 1945 drama starring Bette Davis and John Dall based on a play by Emlyn Williams (3,4,2,5) |
| ISGREEN | 1945 film with Bette Davis based on a play by Emlyn Williams (3,4,2,5) |
| THEROSETATTOO | Tennessee Williams play |
| MEDIEVAL | "Middle-aged" spread has to end with volume in the middle (8) |
| SLENDER | Les has to end it? Right? Slim chance! (7) |
| NEEDSMUST | Inevitably has to end sum set at odds by it (5,4) |
| MUSTY | Mouldy? Has to end in decay |
| BEGINNER | Novice has to ask for meal when day has passed |
| SEEMLY | Becoming perverse, Emlyn conceals it (6) |
| STILLLIFE | Painting to this day has vitality (5,4) |
| SUNDAY | Smart question: Which day has a name that makes it think it's the "brightest" day of the week? |
| READYMADE | 'Dear me, the day has come to pass for off-the-peg' (5,4) |