| TAMP | Stuff happens in the middle after batting similarly in the morning |
| EVENT | Something that happens in the middle of three-score and ten (5) |
| DESIST | Stop fixture in the middle after sides clash (6) |
| FIFTYFIFTY | It's just as likely to happen in the middle of Dallas (5-5) |
| STEM | Shank flesh's not ready in the middle after flipping (4) |
| OPIUM | Narcotic I dump at the centre, after work |
| ANON | Rang monk at the centre, after a while |
| SNOWS | This happens in the mountains in winter |
| COMICSTRIPS | What happens in the stand-up show at the nudist club? |
| INVIOLATE | Whole female 23 dismissed in the morning, after batting (9) |
| HARE | Dramatist and screenwriter noted for plays Plenty, Skylight and Stuff Happens and films The Hours and The Reader (4) |
| ANARMEDHEAD | In 4.1, Macbeth arrives to get answers from the three witches. He wants them to tell him what will happen in the future. They conjure up four apparitions. What is the first? |
| EAVESDROP | What happens in the fall, without starting to spy (9) |
| PRIVATEPARTS | What happens in the making of each theme answer |
| ASUSUAL | Happens in the normal way (2,5) |
| NETPROCEEDS | *Earnings you keep ... or, read differently, what happens in the starred answers? |
| WINORLOSEWEIGHT | Boxer's poundage, no matter what happens in the bout? |
| TIRAMISU | Note stuff happens at university, for which damp sponge is needed |
| BACKSEAT | Bet a place - if your pilot is sitting here, he's no control over what happens in the race (4,4) |
| INVITRO | Victor breaks up riot after batting in test tube (2,5) |
