| DEUSEXMACHINA | French pair with James Brown classic, shaking rear-ends: a theatrical device (4,2,7) |
| AFT | Boat's rear end - a bit crafty! (3) |
| BUMPINTOBUMPINTO | Rear-end a recalled '70s Ford model? |
| ALONGSIDE | Juxtaposed with a theatrical device involving trousers for the most part (9) |
| STARTRAP | Top actor has reversal of role as a theatrical device |
| SOLILOQUY | The act of speaking alone or to oneself, especially as a theatrical device (9) |
| DRAMATICIRONY | Miranda to cry out over hint of iffy theatrical device |
| STAGEWHISPERS | Theatrical devices that could account for Shaw's prestige (5,8) |
| BAG | "Papa's Got a Brand New ___" (James Brown classic) |
| ITS | "___ a Man's Man's Man's World" (James Brown classic) |
| PAPAS | "___ Got a Brand New Bag" (James Brown classic) |
| GOTABRANDNEWBAG | James Brown classic "Papa's ___" |
| ASIDE | Theatrical device where a character in a play addresses the audience, supposedly unheard by other characters (5) |
| SCORPION | Shaking rear in defiance, poisoner with toxic tail aggravated, as stinger (8) |
| LADETTE | Shaking rear, character imbibing a shedload in the end - that's her? (7) |
| COUPLE | It was a clever victory with the French pair (6) |
| DEUSEX | Theatrical device showing intercourse at high speed in Audena's letters (4,2,7) |
| MACHINA | Theatrical device showing intercourse at high speed in Auden's letters (4,2,7) |
| FINTAILS | 1960s Mercedes-Benz cars with fishy rear-ends? (8) |
| RAILS | Rear ends swapped with head of water birds (5) |
