| TRILOGY | Set of three novels, films or plays with related themes (7) |
| CYCLE | A group of stories, songs, poems or plays with a related theme such as Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen (5) |
| TOYSOLDIER | Plays idle or plays with action man, perhaps (3,7) |
| MATINEES | Afternoon performances of concerts, films or plays (8) |
| CRITIC | Reviewer of films or plays, eg (6) |
| PREMIERES | First showings of films or plays |
| SHIRLEY | Second of the three novels written by English author Charlotte Bronte, published in 1849 (7) |
| BROWSER | Regularly surf web, or play, with this (7) |
| MINDMAP | A diagrammatic method of representing ideas, with related concepts arranged around a core concept (4,3) |
| MUSICAL | Film or play with songs (7) |
| GOODIES | Bonbons, chocolates, delicacies, sweetmeats, toffees and the like; freebies, objects, prizes, rewards etc, considered desirable or pleasant; or, heroes/heroines in films or stories (7) |
| SINATRA | Remake of 'A Star In Films', or maybe 'rat' as in 'pack' (7) |
| STUDIOS | Places where cinema films or recordings are made (7) |
| TURKEYS | Really bad films or The Birds seen in a farmyard? (7) |
| SEQUELS | Films or books that are the second in a series (7) |
| BMOVIES | Cheap flicks, or a description of answers to asterisked clues? (7) |
| DABBLES | Undertakes superficially or plays at, ... in |
| SCRIPT | Cursive handwriting, or printed type in this manner; an orthography; or, an actor or director's copy of a film or play's dialogue or text (6) |
| ACTOR | A person who performs in movies or plays. (5) |
| BOOTLEG | Distribute illegally, as movies or moonshine |
