| PARTPAYMENT | Not the whole remuneration given to the actor? (4,7) |
| SIR | Title given to the actor Ian McKellen |
| CAST | Thrown to the actors? (4) |
| STAGESTRUCK | What happened to the actor hit by a falling prop? (5,6) |
| JACKLEMMON | After Ving Rhames beat this famed actor for a 1998 Golden Globe, he then shocked the room by gifting the statuette to the actor onstage |
| WESTHAMUNITED | Point to the actor who joined a football team (4,3,6) |
| BARDOFAVON | Eponym credited to the actor David Garrick (1717-1779) (4,2,4) |
| NEWCASTLE | Three directions to the actors with the French port city (9) |
| CASTRO | It's otherwise up to the actors to produce a Cuban (6) |
| HARDLINES | Difficult for the actor? Shame! (4,5) |
| POSSUM | Stiff add the actor? total Sop (6) |
| CAMEOROLE | Relief work for the actor? (5,4) |
| ZOEHENRY | In real life, she's married to the actor who plays Cain Dingle (3,5) |
| CASTE | Point to the actors in a class of their own (5) |
| CUE | Billiard stick, or a director's signal to the actors |
| CASTLOTS | A chancy way of deciding how many can join the actors? (4,4) |
| SCREEN | Does it sift the actors? (6) |
| THREEQUARTERS | Four players in the rugby team are not the whole (5,8) |
| BYPLOT | Told to purchase piece of land - that's not the whole story |
| PIECE | Not the whole requirement for the chess player (5) |