| CUTONESTEETH | Shady types in version of the film take drugs - half of them to gain experience (3,3'1,5) |
| MITCHUM | Robert, U.S. actor who played Max Cady in the 1962 version of the film Cape Fear (7) |
| OILPAINTS | Crude torture on backstreet used, for example, by Munch in versions of The Scream (3,6) |
| CRACKNEL | Drug half of elephant's biscuit (8) |
| USED | Took drugs half-confused (4) |
| CONSTANT | Criminal meets a shady type in street or stable (8) |
| TINT | Shady type in Bray comes from Brittany (4) |
| BUTTER | To ___ someone up is to flatter them to gain something from them; do this to toast and you gain breakfast! |
| OFFICE | Film take, so to speak |
| PREFERMENT | Favour some workers, at last, helping them to gain promotion (10) |
| HOMEPAY | NZ-set Samoan film, Take... (4,3) |
| ONER | Long and unbroken film take |
| LIVEANDLEARN | As it happens, moving near land to gain experience (4,3,5) |
| DOWNTHEDRAIN | How the cat burglar got away perhaps over the border with most of them to escape (4,3,5) |
| FOOTSTHEBILL | Covers all the costs of soft marshal tackling order bringing most of them to account (5,3,4) |
| ROLLERBLINDS | One of those assisting painter ensures privacy for shady types (6,6) |
| YCHROMOSOMES | One of them to a cell is the norm among monks (1-11) |
| MINIATURISTS | Don't expect any of them to give you the bigger picture |
| STAGEBYSTAGE | How an actor gradually gains experience? (5,2,5) |
| INTERN | Student or graduate who works for a period of time in order to gain experience (6) |
