| SETTHESCENE | Prepare stage to describe situation |
| CURTAINCALL | Appearance of performers on stage to acknowledge applause (7,4) |
| ONTOGENESIS | Development of an organism from earliest stage to maturity |
| PLAYTHEHOST | Put the crowd on stage to entertain (4,3,4) |
| HIGHERLEVEL | Upper stage to give her Hell in a storm (6,5) |
| SEMI | 18-wheeler used to haul stage to next show |
| REHEARSE | Try again on empty stage to prepare for performance |
| BUSCONDUCTOR | Short break in the concert hall for old ticker seller going from stage to stage (3,9) |
| EXACT | In the past, one had to perform at some stage, to be accurate (5) |
| GOONTOUR | Intend to progress from one stage to another? (2,2,4) |
| TAKEAPART | Get a role, at some stage, to give one a stern talking to (4,5) |
| STAGNATE | Likely to happen when you stand on stage to get a tan (8) |
| HOLDTHESTAGE | Keep to the stage, to dominate the other actors (4,3,5) |
| ADULTS | They go through two stages to become ___. The larval stage which lasts about two months then the pupal stage which lasts about three weeks. |
| LARUE | "Stage to Mesa City" star |
| OATER | "Stage to Mesa City," e.g. |
| EXEUNT | They leave the stage to Shakespeare |
| ORAL | Like a childhood stage, to Freud |
| LEGACY | Stage to account for male chromosome in spin-off (6) |
| LEGEND | Stage to finish in fairytale surroundings (6) |
