| SETTHESCENE | Prepare for action, at some stage, by giving background information (3,3,5) |
| REHEARSE | Tries again to get ready for action, at some stage (8) |
| SETTINGTHESCENE | Working on stage and giving background information (7,3,5) |
| CASTE | Players, at some stage, by the end, had found their place in society (5) |
| OVERACT | It's wrong to perform, at some stage, by hamming it up (7) |
| SCENARIO | Rose can take one to organise a plan of action, at some stage (8) |
| REFRESHONESMEMORY | Take prompt action at some stage? (7,4,6) |
| PUTONANACT | Pretend to take action, at some stage (3,2,2,3) |
| BOTCHER | ... and did one spoil the action, at some stage? (7) |
| BORROWEDTIM | He helps his neighbors by giving them ... |
| EXEMPLIFIES | Illustrates by giving an example (11) |
| WARHORSE | Novel by Michael Morpurgo, adapted for the stage by Nick Stafford (3,5) |
| GIGI | 1944 novella by Colette adapted for the stage by Anita Loos in 1951 |
| METADATA | Got together with a potential partner, one covering up electronic background information |
| EXPOSITION | The insertion of background information within a story or narrative (10) |
| ENTRANCED | Appearance on stage by daughter was charming (9) |
| PROPS | Objects used on stage by actors during a peformance (5) |
| TABLEAUVIVANT | Scene presented on stage by a silent motionless group of actors (7,6) |
| ELEGY | Mournful lines on the last stage, by the end (5) |
| PROPEL | Drive thing put on stage by the Spanish (6) |
