| STEPSIN | Gets involved, at some stage, with something wrong (5,2) |
| INTERACT | Was involved, at some stage (8) |
| BEHINDTHESCENES | Keeping out of the limelight, but is fully involved, at some stage (6,3,6) |
| STANDUP | Get up, at some stage, with a comical routine (5,2) |
| ILLEGAL | One left at some stage with a trainee, although it's against the law (7) |
| EXACT | Perform at some stage, with some men, actually (5) |
| EARLYON | Listener only involved at an initial stage (5,2) |
| ENTRANCE | Come on, at some stage, with delight (8) |
| NEWYEAR | Were any involved at a time of resolution? (3,4) |
| PREVIEW | Special VIP were involved at the advance screening (7) |
| LAPWING | Bird has triumph on stage with "Top Gun" (7) |
| LEGSIDE | On stage with team (7) |
| NEBULAE | Model unable to get close to stage with heavenly bodies (7) |
| RONALDO | Top goal scorer in the Euro 2020 group stage, with five goals |
| RUBITIN | Harp on stage with piece I introduced (3,2,2) |
| LEFTLEG | Departed from stage with port support (4,3) |
| LEGATEE | One coming into stage with a stand |
| ROSTRUM | Public stage with section covered by garbage and booze |
| SETFREE | Liberated by a stage with no scenery? (3,4) |
| STEPSUP | Approaches stage with drink |
