| HAPPENING | Scene for fellow starting off at The Gate needing no introduction (9) |
| ATAGLANCE | Canal gate needing renovation on first look (2,1,6) |
| OFFSHORE | Old fellow starting to fish quietly on Korea borders, disappearing near the coast (8) |
| CHAPLIN | Fellow starting row not entirely a funny man |
| ODDMENT | Strange fellows starting to talk a bit (7) |
| BALLERINA | Dancer from dance scene for the audience (9) |
| BACKCLOTH | Favoured ministers setting the scene for the players |
| VIEWPOINT | From where to see the scene for what you believe to be right? (4-5) |
| THRESHOLD | Presumably, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers? Wouldn't touch it at The Gate! (9) |
| HERMITAGE | I'm with her at the gate of the retired abode (9) |
| PINKFLOYD | Rock band that released their debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn in 1967 |
| LOCALE | Scene for an event in the neighbourhood at the end of June (6) |
| WESTMINSTER | This London abbey was the scene for the wedding of the Prince Philip and Princess Elizabeth |
| IRWIN | Television personality known as the Crocodile Hunter who was killed by a stingray during the filming of an underwater scene for Ocean's Deadliest (5) |
| TIMESSQUARE | Manhattan area closed to the public for three hours on Nov. 12, 2000, so Tom Cruise could shoot a scene for "Vanilla Sky" |
| AUSTEN | Lyme Park, Disley, is the place for a summer celebration (July 17-23) of Jane ___, author of Pride And Prejudice, location of scenes for the 1995 BBC adaptation (6) |
| ALIBI | I was far from the crime scene for example |
| TAKETO | Start enjoying second attempt at a scene for broadcast |
| BOARDINGCARD | Accommodating The Queen - sounds like something the flighty types would ask for at The Gate (8,4) |
| CUTSINFRONT | "The horses are at the gate...and they're off! Pushy Linejumper quickly ___..." |
