| ALIT | Landed a part in the Coalition |
| BAKER | Norman ---, former Liberal Democrat MP; a Minister of State in the coalition government of 2010-15 (5) |
| AFGHANISTAN | Nation, next door to Pakistan, that's been a battleground for the forces of the British Raj, the Soviet Empire and the coalition of the willing |
| AVALANCHE | Al Church in the short version The Road has a part in The Fall - presumably it's all downhill after this (9) |
| AGRIPPA | Roman general who played a part in the naval victories over Mark Antony; he was a close friend, son-in-law and adviser of Octavian (later Augustus) (7) |
| ESCOT | Had to pay, in the past, to get a part in the Scottish play (5) |
| OPERATED | Played a part in The Theatre? Presumably, stuck in the knife during performance! (8) |
| EXTRA | A performer got a part in the next rally (5) |
| FEATHER | Act with the woman getting a part in The Seagull ? |
| KERRISTRUG | Gymnast who clinched a Team USA gold medal in the 1996 Olympics when she landed a vault with an injured ankle: 2 wds. |
| SULLY | Nickname for the pilot who safely landed a plane on the Hudson River in 2009 |
| LIAISE | Network in fairy tale contains a fair amount of The Coalition (6) |
| AXIS | A number backing the coalition |
| UNION | The coalition of the milkrun I once had (5) |
| ALLIES | A successful conclusion rests with the coalition |
| REDSEA | The German revolutionary from state bishopric has a part in The Bible? (3,3) |
| ERA | Age plays a part in the race (3) |
| ROLE | Errol expects to have a part in the play (4) |
| ORBITAL | A part in the viva voce concerning planetary movement (7) |
| GLORIA | Ms Estefan has a part in the Mass (6) |
