| DEUSEXMACHINA | In classical drama, a god introduced into a play to unravel and resolve the plot (4,2,7) |
| MAKESUP | Fabricates a tale and resolves the quarrel (5,2) |
| ABSOLVE | Sailor to unravel and let off the hook |
| EPITASIS | In classical drama, the part of a play in which the main action develops and which leads to the catastrophe (8) |
| NORTH | Player, reluctant, eviscerated in classical drama |
| DRAMATISATION | Process of making into a play (13) |
| ALLISONMILLER | 13 Reasons Why actress who plays Maggie on the ABC drama A Million Little Things: 2 wds. |
| HOKUM | Commonly well in low sound used in a play to get the audience laughing |
| VIRUS | A rogue program introduced into a computer network is a corrupting influence |
| ALEXANDRINE | A line of usually twelve syllables in alternate couplets in French classical drama (11) |
| TIEBREAK | An extra part of a match in tennis played to resolve the outcome when games are 6-6 (8) |
| ALPHONSEDAUDET | Author of the novel L'Arlesienne, which he adapted into a play with incidental music by Georges Bizet |
| DAWESPLAN | The ____ of 1924 was intended to resolve the issue of Germany's First World War reparations |
| IRONOUT | Press the Open University town initially to resolve the issue (4,3) |
| SNAP | Start of a play to the quarterback |
| SHOWWILLING | Display readiness to help and resolve in presentation (4,7) |
| LARLESIENNE | Short story by Alphonse Daudet which he transformed into a play, for which Georges Bizet composed incidental music (11) |
| UNDO | Do the opposite, to resolve the knot (4) |
| ACETATE | Film Chemical Engineer introduced into a gallery (7) |
| VACCINE | Small volume introduced into a vein readied for injection (7) |
