| DOUGLAS | Prince Hal spares whose "Scottish" life at the end of the play? |
| DOWNTOTHEWIRE | Phrase meaning "decided with little time to spare" whose fourth word is something a tightrope walker walks on: 4 wds. (Theme answer: the first word of this answer describes the direction that the shap |
| LADYSMANTLE | Plant Alchemilla vulgaris or "dew cup", whose Scottish name "elf-shot" refers to its use as a folk remedy for cattle made unwell by being shot at by supposed malevolent fairies with invisible flint ar |
| EPILOGUE | What is the speech delivered by an actor at the conclusion of the play? (8) |
| CHORUS | What is the name of the character that introduces each act of the play? |
| BENDA | Bohemian composer and virtuoso violinist who worked for much of his life at the court of the flautist future Frederick the Great (5) |
| LASTACT | Salt the cat if you can at the end of the play (4,3) |
| SAINTSIMON | French diplomat and chronicler whose monumental Memoires provide a candid account of life at the Versailles court of Louis XIV (5-5) |
| APPLAUSE | At the end of the play, it's what every actor hopes for |
| ASHCROFT | Frances Mary --, author of 'Life at the Extremes' (8) |
| HOTEL | Start her on the easy life at the inn (5) |
| HENRIAD | Nickname for the series of Shakespeare plays that portray the reign of Prince Hal |
| ALLEGORY | Scrambled early goal, after missing a significant part of the play? (8) |
| FORECOURT | Where to get tanked up with pro at end of the play area? (9) |
| ASTREETCARNAMEDDESIRE | Reread scene dramatist changed at end of the play |
| LOWERTHECURTAIN | End of the play, perhaps, scowlin' about the short one (5,3,7) |
| WENDY | Darling girl to go on a journey before the end of the play! (5) |
| RAEDER | Erich, German grand admiral sentenced to life at the Nuremberg Trials (6) |
| WAKE | Will come to life at the funeral party (4) |
| ETNA | This amazing Lotus concept car erupted into life at the 1984 Birmingham Motor Show! (4) |
