| CHARACTERACTORS | Letter sent to performers indicating that they wouldn't be playing leading roles |
| MISSTATE | Give inaccurate report indicating that they will not be present at exhibition venue |
| YELLOWCARD | The Spanish engaged in cowardly playing leading to referee's sanction |
| OBSERVANT | Watchful Boers playing leading part over time |
| ASHTRAYS | They wouldn't be seen inside a pub - except in pipe-dreams! (8) |
| MASON | Author of the Inspector Hanaud novels including At the Villa Rose, The Prisoner in the Opal, They Wouldn't Be Chessmen and The House in Lordship Lane (5) |
| OTHERS | "Some ... I've seen; Might never be mean; Might never be cross or try to be boss; But they wouldn't do," sang Doris Day in It Had To Be You |
| TYPECASTS | Be kind to performers. One gets the same roles again and again (9) |
| BALFOUR | The name given to a letter sent to Baron Rothschild in November 1917? (7,11) |
| DECLARATION | The name given to a letter sent to Baron Rothschild in November 1917? (7,11) |
| ONTHEBOOZE | Broadcast trouble started by that man voicing disapproval to performers in the bar (2,3,5) |
| RISERS | Early or late, they get up and give support to performers (6) |
| ZILCH | Nothing in last letter sent to Illinois church (5) |
| MAINZ | Last letter sent to sea port in Germany |
| ENCYCLICAL | A papal letter sent to all bishops of the Roman Catholic Church |
| REMINDER | Letter sent to remind someone of an obligation (8) |
| PISA | Greek letter sent to South African city (4) |
| STARTS | Begins to play leading roles in front of empty theatres (6) |
| GREASEPAINT | What brings colour to performers dancing in pageantries |
| INCONCERT | Listening to performers along with others (2,7) |
