| OFTHE | Play enacted for the benefit of Christopher Sly, a drunken tinker (3,6,2,3,5) |
| THETAMING | Play enacted for the benefit of Christopher Sly, a drunken tinker (3,6,2,3,5) |
| SHREW | Play enacted for the benefit of Christopher Sly, a drunken tinker (3,6,2,3,5) |
| TENNISRACKET | Ancient treks re-enacted for court essential (6,6) |
| THETAMINGOFTHESHREW | Shakespeare's play with the tinker Christopher Sly |
| THETAMINGOF | and 12ac, William Shakespeare play featuring the character Christopher Sly first printed in 1623 (3,6,2,3,5) |
| THESHREW | and 12ac, William Shakespeare play featuring the character Christopher Sly first printed in 1623 (3,6,2,3,5) |
| HOKUM | A blended word for bosh, claptrap nonsense or piffle; something done for the benefit of applause; or, trite mawkish sentiment in a film or play (5) |
| CHRISTOPHERSLY | Coarse drunken tinker in Shakespeare's The Taming Of The Shrew (1592) |
| COMMUTE | A group of people living together, sharing possessions and income for the benefit of the group (7) |
| HORSE | "And of course Henry The - dances the waltz", fromThe Beatles' "Being For The Benefit of Mr Kite" (5) |
| STAGEDOOR | A good rest ordered for the benefit of the players |
| COUNTERACT | Oppose a law for the benefit of the shop assistant? |
| TRUST | Legal arrangement whereby assets are held and managed for the benefit of a third party, typically a minor (5) |
| FLETCHING | An arrow's feathery flight control or a dart's stabilising vane, each for the benefit of a projectile's precise aim (9) |
| INKSTAND | Headless jink in the football stadium is for the benefit of old writer (8) |
| CHEESE | What poser said for the benefit of the paparazzi (6) |
| CADGE | Appeal for the benefit of a dunderhead in prison (5) |
| GENERALINTEREST | Soldier gets extra money for the benefit of the majority (7,8) |
| COMMONS | Pieces of open land for the benefit of all (7) |
