| LEADINGLADY | Principal actress in play |
| DAY | Actress in play forgetting lines (3) |
| RICHARDTHETHIRD | Ridiculous and extraordinary hatred directed towards actress in play |
| EDIPATTERSON | Vice Principals actress who plays singer Judy Gemstone on The Righteous Gemstones: 2 wds. |
| THEREAL | Coke allegedly in that place, a house in Iceland (in play) (3,4,5) |
| THING | Coke allegedly in that place, a house in Iceland (in play) (3,4,5) |
| DEADBALL | No longer in play, in cricket (4,4) |
| LAYINTO | Beat in play in tournament (3,4) |
| SCENE | Part in play understood in audience (5) |
| SANDPIT | Joiner caught in rain in play area (7) |
| TIMEOUT | Brief break in play in a game (7) |
| MARV | First name in play-by-play |
| CARRIEFISHER | Actress ferries chair in play |
| ACTIVATE | Switch on part in play finding Evita in a tizzy (8) |
| SLOVAKIA | In play Viola's stopped by a knight in the country (8) |
| ESTRAGON | Waiter in play, partial tragedy, in returning feature (8) |
| REACHROCKBOTTOM | Pass a diamond to Nick in play and finish in lowest position (5,4,6) |
| RUGGER | In which oval object is passed around in play (6) |
| NYMPHO | One seeking to be laid by corporal in play, first in playhouse (6) |
| DIORAMA | I love being in play in a model scene (7) |
