| TRAGEDY | Oedipus Rex or King Lear, for example (7) |
| PLAY | "Oedipus Rex" or "Waiting for Godot" |
| EDWARD | King Lear, for example (6) |
| RELEASE | Let one go and see Lear for a change (7) |
| NONSENSE | Form of absurd verse written by Edward Lear, for example (8) |
| REGALE | Lear, for example, may entertain (6) |
| LIMERICK | Lear's, for example, went, 'There was an old man with a beard; Who said, 'It is just a I feared!'; T |
| TRAGIC | Like the ending of "Hamlet" or "King Lear" |
| TRIO | The Three Musketeers or King Lear's daughters |
| DINO | T. rex or ankylosaurus, for short |
| LITERARY | Being like this, I try Lear for a change ... (8) |
| REGAN | A daughter of Lear's, for instance, ran about (5) |
| IRONICAL | Like Oedipus's curse in "Oedipus Rex" |
| ORATORIO | Stravinsky's "Oedipus Rex," for one |
| GREECE | Setting for Oedipus Rex film announced |
| BIPED | Tyrannosaurus rex or canary |
| FIDO | Alternative to Rex or Rover |
| INGRAM | Actor Rex or singer James |
| CAT | Cornish Rex or Ragdoll |
| BREEDSOF | Scottish fold, Selkirk Rex or highlander? (6,2,4) |
