| CROSSDRESSERS | That angry lot backstage has a reputation for playing all the Peter Pan parts in pantomimes (5-8) |
| MANOFPARTS | Renaissance guy perhaps - playing all the characters in Shakespeare's plays, for instance (3,2,5) |
| NANA | "Peter Pan" part |
| GEOLOGIST | Scientist backstage has nothing ___ no idea! (9) |
| BONUS | 50 points scored for playing all seven tiles in a single turn in Scrabble; or, a shareholder's extra dividend (5) |
| HARDUP | Baron ____, Cinderella's father in pantomimes (6) |
| BOYS | Girls found in pantomimes strangely enough (9,4) |
| PRINCIPAL | Girls found in pantomimes strangely enough (9,4) |
| INKBLOT | Point-blank shot strikes frying pan - part of a psychological test? (7) |
| GOAT | Pan part? |
| SCHOOLOFDRAMA | Has a reputation for teaching The Pretenders in a place where one is taught to play well presumably? (6,2,5) |
| HARLEQUINADES | Word for the parts of pantomimes in which Columbine's diamond-patterned lover takes centre stage; or, acts of buffoonery generally (13) |
| BERMUDATRIANGLE | Has a reputation for missing the boat and the plane perhaps in shorts with idiophone (7,8) |
| PIRANA | Power in the Middle East is a little fishy and has a reputation for devouring people (6) |
| DYNAMITER | Has a reputation for providing blow that'll give you a blast for getting head right (9) |
| WELFARESTATE | Dole from Kansas has a reputation for helping the less prosperous in society (7,5) |
| FINANCIER | Connoisseur consuming wine at The Centre has a reputation for investing in things that are costly? (9) |
| DAME | From "mistress", a word for a female ruler originally, later the lady of the house; a school matron; a woman with the rank of Knight Commander; or, a pantomime's drag queen (4) |
| CLIFFRICHARD | Man known as the Peter Pan of pop who is due to appear at the Edinburgh Fringe (5,7) |
| PLAYGOER | Borstal boy has a reputation for fighting locally with one of those attending the abbey (8) |
