| RURALISED | Manipulated so readily having played the king (9) |
| MASSAGED | Manipulated so that the body looked much older (8) |
| OSSIFYING | Signify so readily turning to bone (9) |
| ATTRACTED | Was magnetic, having played a role in hiding damaged tart (9) |
| PIPEDREAM | Having played instrument to make hole bigger? Some hope |
| OUTOFHAND | Having played one's last card without reservation (3,2,4) |
| BRYNNER | Actor who played the King of Siam in the 1956 musical The King and I (last name only) (7) |
| YUL | Actor Brynner who played the King in The King and I |
| BREADWINNER | Married actor who played The King is, according to Spooner, the main earner (11) |
| AUSTIN | Butler, who played the King and has a major role in Masters Of The Air (6) |
| JACOBI | Derek _, played the King in 2015's Cinderella (6) |
| FRY | Stephen who played the king in Red, White, & Royal Blue |
| LISSOME | Flexible smile, so readily adaptable (7) |
| INSEASON | Inn stocking water so readily available |
| GORMANDISE | Dreaming so readily and happy to eat much too much (10) |
| CALLOW | Simon ___, actor who played the King of Anatolia in 2003 comedy-drama film Bright Young Things (6) |
| DEFENDED | Full back finished having played at the back (8) |
| EBBED | Having played on the beach, ran back (5) |
| RIFT | Split apart after having played an accompaniment on the radio (4) |
| THAW | Frost no longer seen, the fellow having played Morse? |
