| BOTTOM | In 1.2, as the play-within-a-play is ramping up, Peter Quince says: "You can play no part but Pyramus: for Pyramus is a sweet-faced man." Who is he talking to? |
| SITOUT | Play no part while one takes the beer round |
| BOTTOMSDREAM | In 4.1, Bottom, who is amongst those who have had Puck's potion put on their eyes, awakes and proclaims, "I will get Peter Quince to write a ballad of this dream: it shall be called ___ ___." |
| CRISPS | Spud's getting fried in college by teacher ramping up pressure and is starting to stress (6) |
| PATRON | Angel plays no part (6) |
| ESCALATING | Ramping up |
| THISBE | Pyramus is one of the main characters of the play-within-a-play that is being cast in 1.2. Who is the other? |
| FLUTE | Worker who plays Thisbe in the play within a play in A Midsummer Night's Dream (5) |
| SHAKESPEARE | Writer of a comedy featuring Bottom the weaver, Flute the bellows-mender, Quince the carpenter, Snout the tinker, Snug the joiner and Starveling the tailor, who perform the play-within-the-play (11) |
| THEMOUSETRAP | During the play within a play, Claudius asks Hamlet for the play's title. Hamlet tells him this. |
| NOISES | Nothing On is the play-within-a-play in ____ Off |
| FRANCIS | Bellows-mender in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream who plays Thisbe in the play-within-the-play (7,5) |
| MOUSETRAP | Way of working to exploit actor's role turning up in play-within-a-play |
| REHEARSING | "____ a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process" (Peter Shaffer) |
| PYRAMUS | Bottom's character in Shakespeare's play within a play (7) |
| KISSMEKATE | Cole Porter musical that's a play within a play |
| OFF | "Noises ___" (1982 farce featuring a play within a play) |
| TABS | Items of which Google Chrome's Help Center says "you can open... as many as you want" |
| ACTOR | For him, a part in a play is a piece of work |
| BACKDROP | A painted cloth or curtain hung at the rear of a stage while a play is performed (8) |
