| CHARACTERACTORS | Player's backbone opened by those in the theatre, not the main ones (9,6) |
| LOCALANAESTHETIC | A number of people in the theatre, not out of it |
| TOPBRASS | Main ones have the highest money (3,5) |
| TONES | Mandarin Chinese has four main ones |
| ISLANDS | Hawaii has eight main ones |
| BACKROAD | Bet on course is not the main one for the travellers (4,4) |
| SIDESHOW | Team's method for event, not the main one (8) |
| SIDEDOOR | Team cross over entrance, not the main one (4,4) |
| SUBCONTRACTOR | Not the main one tendering for underwater craft? (13) |
| CRYSTALBALLS | Transparent substance found in the pool room used by those in the futures business (7,5) |
| SENIORWRANGLER | The one with top marks is the main one in the argument (6,8) |
| ICEHOUSE | It can be a cold place in Nice losing head with those in the theatre (3,5) |
| PRESSBOXES | Crush on those in the theatre absorbs the journalists (5,5) |
| UNDERCUTS | Supervised by those in the butchers as to the pieces of meat (9) |
| OVERLAND | In the main one does not travel this way |
| SEASIDE | In the main, one team went to the coast (7) |
| BYPATH | The road not taken as often as the main one |
| CHEF | The main one left by the head cook (4) |
| SCENARIO | Cornea is damaged? One of those in the theatre outlined this possibility! (8) |
| SURGEONS | Nurses go to sort out those in the theatre (8) |
