| DEUSEXMACHINA | James Brown just about due a fantastic welcoming ___ a god of the stage! (4,2,7) |
| IAM | Kanye West's "___ a God": 2 wds. |
| AMANIS | "___ a god in ruins" (Emerson) |
| RADIOAUDIENCE | Listeners somehow due a nice medium start |
| AMON | He is an Egyptian primeval deity, originally a god of the dead, whose name signifies "the hidden one." He is the Son of Thoth and Maat. Who is it? |
| BEELZEBUB | A god of the Philistines in the Old Testament whose name meant lord of flies (9) |
| EXITSIGN | One of those shining in The Abbey that is way-out is Mark Last? Get off the stage! (4,4) |
| PLUTO | From "wealth, the rich one", a god of the underworld whose name was given to a dwarf planet by 11-year-old Venetia Burney in 1930 (5) |
| QUETZALCOATL | A god of the Aztecs and Toltecs, represented as a feathered serpent (12) |
| NEPTUNE | New record with a melody for a god of the sea (7) |
| PLUTON | Igneous rock that solidifies deep in the earth (like a god of the underworld) |
| APOGEAN | Self-esteem given a boost being received by a god of the highest order |
| LUG | (Irish) Ancient Irish god (probably a god of the sun). |
| ZEUS | A god of the Greeks, he upset de Lesseps' greatest achievement (4) |
| BOO | "Get off the stage!"A” |
| SETPIECE | From scrum, out-half kicks ball wide right for winger to score? Get off the stage! (3,5) |
| EXEUNT | Former partner attached to our masters' good book? Get off the stage! (6) |
| HECKLE | Cold weekend in hell is cut short by sweetheart, for example? Would you get off the stage! (6) |
| TRANCE | Canter about due to the influence of a hypnotist (6) |
| SATYR | A god of the woodlands in Greek mythology (5) |
