| SERENA | Leading actor, endlessly calm at start (6) |
| COSTA | Rib fellow leading actor endlessly (5) |
| NETTLE | Annoy English detective actor endlessly (6) |
| GLASSY | Windy around top of lighthouse, perfectly calm at sea |
| STARTS | Leading actor pious man reviewed reacts in surprise (6) |
| REAGAN | Shakespearean role overwhelming a leading actor, once? (6) |
| STARVE | Leading actor emptied venue fast (6) |
| AVENUE | Leading actor on location in The Road (6) |
| MASCOT | On musical debut, leading actor gets Caledonian good luck charm (6) |
| ARTIST | A rare thespian in South, Tamil leading actor perhaps (6) |
| STAGER | Leading actor passing round tips from great experience? (6) |
| LULU | Impressive person, endlessly calm and nobby (4) |
| ANALGESIC | Painkiller that could produce endlessly calm easing (9) |
| SWINDLES | Cheats in society, endlessly calm (8) |
| EASE | Stand for artist, endlessly calm (4) |
| MAGICAL | Wonderful trio, endlessly calm |
| MONTSAINTMICHEL | French island men into this calm at sea (4,5-6) |
| STEADYON | Keep calm at that place over there (6,2) |
| POTAGE | Recalls, for example, leading actor from The Crown in the soup (6) |
| SPOTON | What the leading actor may have? Quite right |
