| EVANGELISTS | Give assent surprisingly to keep back of hall for itinerant preachers (11) |
| REVIVALISTS | Itinerant preachers visit, salver being put out for them (11) |
| BALLROOM | Formal type of hall for waltz, foxtrot, tango and quickstep, for example (8) |
| SILL | Goes around side of hall for the flowerpot (4) |
| MAGID | Jewish religious itinerant preacher, skilled as a narrator of Torah and religious stories (Hebrew - variant spelling) (5) |
| BREACHOFPROMISE | Itinerant preacher booms if reneging on a pledge (6,2,7) |
| EVANGELIST | Itinerant preacher (10) |
| PERIPATETIC | Peace trip? It is designed for itinerant (11) |
| SHEPHERDESS | He’s pressed hard, surprisingly, to find an animal minder |
| MANTELPIECE | Feature of fireplace in Wolf Hall, for example? (11) |
| ROLEPLAY | Act a part, and run round back of hall to record song |
| PLAINCLOTHES | Alternative to uniform one chap slit badly around back of hall (5,7) |
| STAYED | Remained behind with holy man to give assent to deputy head (6) |
| NOD | Refusal by head of department to give assent (3) |
| APEMEN | Supposed missing links give assent to inclusion of exercise (6) |
| LASAGNE | Way to keep back fuel for making pasta |
| DISSOLVE | Failure to keep back in dodgy bar? Move to another view |
| HOLDONESHORSES | Have to keep back a string, but will have to wait a while (4,4,6) |
| HOLDYOURHORSES | Have to keep back a string, but will have to wait a while (4,4,6) |
| KERB | Told to keep back at the edge of the road |