| MARIONETTES | Italian boy set ten up they perform with strings attached (11) |
| EQUESTRIANS | They request Ian's presence when they perform with their horses |
| MYLIFESOFAR | Film (1999) starring Colin Firth about a ten-year-old Scottish boy, set in 1927 (2,4,2,3) |
| TROMBONISTS | They perform extensively on a sliding scale (11) |
| WHITTINGTON | Dick ---, pantomime in which a poor boy sets out for London to make his fortune (11) |
| STEPROCKETS | They perform aerial disconnections (4,7) |
| NAPKINS | They roll up and after opening up they clean up (7) |
| CONGREGATIONAL | Description of flock with Italian boy at island lake? |
| SUNDIAL | Heard boy set up device useless at night-time |
| NACHOS | Food from Mexico boy set up outside a church (6) |
| BODEGA | Ancient old boy set up wine store (6) |
| PLACEBO | Site old boy set up, producing psychological medicine |
| TRANSEPT | Set ten traps in part of church (8) |
| SENETTI | A series of vibrant, large flowering Pericallis (florist's cineraria) - I set ten out (7) |
| SYNOPSIS | Boy meets girl, they fall in love, they break up, they get back together, e.g. |
| SAFETYNET | Device for security gets ten up (6,3) |
| NINETY | Number one? Ten up in New York! (6) |
| NETTLE | Ten up, let it out to sting one (6) |
| PLENTIFUL | Abundant enough to fill ten up, perhaps (9) |
| TRANSIENT | Trains ten up to have a short stay (9) |
