| SAFETYCURTAIN | Sort of match the drape that comes down in the theatre (6,7) |
| COORDINATE | Make the carpet match the drapes, say |
| CHANGELING | Substitute drape that parts ceiling after the first one's dropped (10) |
| ALPHABETICAL | Type of order that comes down in letters (12) |
| RAINDROP | Name an item that comes down in a shower (8) |
| IRONICCURTAIN | Cloth screen that comes down when the play starts? |
| LUCKOFTHEDRAW | Closely contested match the fortunate pools winner benefits from? (4,2,3,4) |
| NEEDLE | The sort of match that has a point? (6) |
| TAB | A small flap or strip; a loop for drawing a stage curtain; the drape itself; a cigarette; an insignia on a staff officer's collar; an Oxonian's name for a Cambridge student; or, in the US, a restauran |
| LONGJUMPER | Athlete's garment that comes down over the thighs? |
| CLAYPIGEON | Dirty bird that comes down to earth in pieces (4,6) |
| PIGEON | Dirty bird that comes down to earth in pieces. Pull! (4,6) |
| CLAY | Dirty bird that comes down to earth in pieces. Pull! (4,6) |
| SLOW | Sort of match one might expect after a long engagement? (4) |
| CHOPPER | Aircraft that comes down on the block? |
| ISLANDER | Irishman, for example, is on spacecraft that comes down (8) |
| LID | Hat that comes down over one eye (3) |
| NEON | Gas that comes down as rain on Jupiter |
| CURTAINS | This is the end of the drapes (8) |
| HARROW | School that comes down heavily on clods? (6) |
