| SCOTLAND | Maybe Don, lead character in film let down by cast of old play, about close to breakdown (6,2,8) |
| FLOWEROF | Maybe Don, lead character in film let down by cast of old play, about close to breakdown (6,2,8) |
| INEXACT | One old play about start of nouvelle vague (7) |
| MOBS | Dons lead them |
| TOSEEK | To search widely for lead character in film set in East Korea, oddly (2,4,4) |
| AFAR | O search widely for lead character in film set in East Korea, oddly (2,4,4) |
| FOLKLORE | Lead character in film, amazing looker grasping opening line like the tale of Sawney Bean (8) |
| MASTER | Conquerors of Magnus Magnusson's interrogation change midstream, keeping close to breakdown before first seizure (6,5) |
| MINDS | Conquerors of Magnus Magnusson's interrogation change midstream, keeping close to breakdown before first seizure (6,5) |
| USEDCAN | Dirty tin second-hand motor, close to breakdown, coming in for initial repairs (4,3) |
| FESTIVALS | Lead character in film Lassie excitedly takes in TV celebrations (9) |
| FRANZFERDINAND | Lead character in film managed last waltz - dancing Fred popular together with band (5,9) |
| FLIESBY | As time goes on, lead character in film sprawls beside disembowelled body (5,2) |
| MEMBRANE | Film politician almost embracing artist close to breakdown (8) |
| SNORER | Close to breakdown, more painful to be around sound sleeper (6) |
| WHATIF | Suppose lead character in film succeeds with a flop? (4-2) |
| AFFLUENT | A lead character in film, eloquent and wealthy (8) |
| LAYER | Actor killing lead character in film (5) |
| DRACULA | Who is named by Guinness Book of World Records as the most portrayed literary character in film? (7) |
| LEARN | Understand king is close to breakdown (5) |
