| STAGERIGHT | Gathering of just men enlisting Queen for new and dramatic direction |
| HENPARTY | Gathering of just birds? (3-5) |
| STAGEFRIGHT | Loudly in middle of dramatic direction displaying performance anxiety (5,6) |
| NEEDS | We all have these requirements for new and free seed (5) |
| TRADESIN | Sells old for new and reads out in metal (6,2) |
| WALLACE | King Kong co-creator who wrote detective and crime novels including the Four Just Men series, The Clue of the New Pin and The Lady of Ascot (7) |
| EDGARWALLACE | English crime novelist whose works include The Four Just Men and Sanders of the River |
| COUNCIL | '--- of Justice', Edgar Wallace novel, a sequel to The Four Just Men (7) |
| ODEON | Place for cinema or musical and dramatic performances (5) |
| EMERSON | Private college once known as the Boston Conservatory of Elocution, Oratory, and Dramatic Art (7) |
| OPERA | Reap nothing out of music and dramatic singing (5) |
| EXPLOSIVE | Sudden and dramatic and liable to go off (9) |
| FAIRMINDED | Just men did dash behind false attitude (4-6) |
| ADJUSTMENT | Including just men, a diet that is out making a change (10) |
| HEROICS | Talk that is bold and dramatic (7) |
| HEADY | Highly exciting and dramatic? Yes, initially (5) |
| DRASTIC | Serious and dramatic, with son replacing mother (7) |
| STAGERS | Theatrical contrivances and dramatic craft involved in putting on a performance on the boards (7) |
| ENROLMENT | Enlisting men wanting leadership, mounted men and men flanked by officer (9) |
| FOUR | Wallace novel, "The ___ Just Men" |
