| COMEBY | Secure bachelor for director's lead in funny play |
| PSALMODY | Hymn singing rival to rocker features in funny plays |
| GOBYTHEBOARD | Take directors' lead - and be overlooked |
| RUBBISH | Hurry to secure bachelors one litter (7) |
| ESCALATOR | Without director, lead actor's misjudged moving staircase (9) |
| BEGINNER | Novice, bachelor, for example, in front of pub with the queen (8) |
| BEGINNING | Bachelor, for example, with hotel in Glasgow initially finding opening (9) |
| BEGIN | Bachelor, for example, at home for start (5) |
| BEG | Ask earnestly for bachelor, for example (3) |
| POSTGRADUATE | Bachelor for example in group sat date out |
| COMEDY | Funny play of shy author at drive-in (6) |
| FARCE | This ludicrous, funny play is set in a Forfar centre (5) |
| IRONINGBOARD | Rig in no shape for directors employed in the business of laundering (7,5) |
| BOARDROOM | Somehow bar door over minute in place for directors? (9) |
| SIGNPOSTS | Endorses message put in for directors? (9) |
| BEGRUDGE | Envy bachelor - for example, Dickens's Barnaby |
| BALLERINA | Dancer wants less short bachelor for tango, focus of final (9) |
| SAMBA | Old lady's up with bachelor for dance (5) |
| SINGLEBARRELLED | Bachelor, for example, pelted with shotgun (6-9) |
| BOASTFUL | Swaggering bachelor for all to see among varied floats (8) |
