| LIVEAUDIENCE | Its applause, however, is dead enthusiastic! (4,8) |
| TOANDDIEINLA | 1985 thriller with the tagline "A federal agent is dead. A killer is loose. And the City of Angels is about to explode." |
| STONE | Weight of this however is expressed in carats (5) |
| LEASTWISE | American, however, is extremely thick (9) |
| SACKBUT | The container, however, is for an old instrument ... (7) |
| THOUGHT | Conviction however is followed by time (7) |
| TUB | Bath however is upside down |
| AVID | David's endlessly enthusiastic! (4) |
| ESPECIALLYKEEN | Really enthusiastic! (10,4) |
| COFFINSHAPED | Is in circulation admitting party model is dead? By the look of this it's bound to get you down! (6- |
| MARX | Philosopher who wrote, "The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it" |
| LILY | Flower that grows from a bulb in many different colours, the Calla variety on Mallorca, however, is mostly white (4) |
| DISSEMINATED | Diffused in stem, is dead wrong (12) |
| EAGRE | Bore? Sounds enthusiastic! |
| EAGER | Enthusiastic! |
| ERE | "For Lycidas is dead, dead ___ his prime": Milton |
| CHALLENGED | Revolutionary admitting Lough legend is dead is called into question (10) |
| BETTEDAVIS | "You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good. Joan Crawford is dead. Go |
| TOMORROW | In 5.5, Seyton enters to give Macbeth some bad news about Lady Macbeth: "The Queen, my Lord, is dead." In a famous speech, Macbeth repeats one word three times. What is it? |
| THEWITCH | "Ding-dong, ___ is dead..." |
