| GAMBLING | Playing the odds |
| GATERECEIPTS | In the airport, slips in the shop with the money from playing the game (4,8) |
| TITLEROLE | The main man playing the playboy in The Playboy (5,4) |
| DUNNE | Playing the lead role in Anna And The King Of Siam in 1946 was Irene ..., with Rex Harrison as the k |
| KEIRA | ___ Knightley, actress playing the Sugar Plum Fairy in Disney's The Nutcracker And The Four Realms, out this week (pictured top) (5) |
| ALECBALDWIN | Actor who made a cameo in Glengarry Glen Ross by playing the role of Blake the guy who is sent to motivate the sales team: 2 wds. |
| ACTINGSCHOOL | Playing the part of the truant, for instance, from educational institute where one learns how to perform like the fool (6,6) |
| BERTLAHR | Actor best remembered for playing the Lion in the 1939 film The Wizard Of Oz (4,4) |
| BENEFACTOR | It's said Beatrice Marsh goes back on the stage playing the part of the philanthropist (10) |
| OTB | Playing the ponies away from the track |
| DONKEYS | PLAYING THE PIANO THE ASSES |
| INDOOR | The one playing the rondo inside (6) |
| SNOUT | Muzzle the one playing The Informer (5) |
| EXACTOR | Former member of the cast playing the heavy (7) |
| DEREK | One in a series of actors playing the villainous The Master in Doctor Who, Sir ... Jacobi |
| PIN | As a child at birthday parties, you staggered round, blindfolded and dizzy, playing '... the tail on the donkey' |
| DISPLAY | Show the lady is playing the piano inside (7) |
| DOMINO | Small rectangular dotted block used in playing the game, as in the variety of Wisteria floribunda (6) |
| DIRKBOGARDE | Film actor who gained prominence playing the part of a medical student in Doctor in the House (4,7) |
| TRAGEDIAN | In "The Train", playing the old actor (9) |
