| CURTAINRAISER | Theatre: a short dramatic piece before main play (7,6) |
| OPERETTA | What is a short dramatic musical composition (8) |
| PLAYLET | Short dramatic piece (7) |
| SKIT | Short dramatic piece |
| PARALYMPIAN | Disabled competitor's main play badly below standard |
| GLASSHALFFULL | Tumbler in piece before interval can take no more but stays optimistic (5,4,4) |
| ENTERTAINMENT | Come in before main tent collapses, causing amusement (13) |
| TERRACE | Word for a balcony in a theatre, a row of connected often identical houses, a patio, a flat Spanish-style rooftop, a raised beach or a step-like landform |
| BOXSEAT | A driver's chair on a coach; a loge in a theatre; a grandstand in a stadium; hence a vantage point or commanding position (3,4) |
| BLACKOUT | Word for amnesia or deliquium; the blinding of all light in a city or a theatre; a break in communication; media censorship; a power cut; or, the suspension of a broadcast (8) |
| ENTRACTE | Printing unit beginning to turn in just a little piece before resuming play (8) |
| ACTONE | A dramatic piece, initially (3,3) |
| PLAY | Hand over pound in a dramatic piece |
| CAST | The actors in a dramatic piece collectively (4) |
| RAY | Light dramatic piece with a happy ending (3) |
| GAFF | A fair; one's house; a low-grade or cheap theatre; a hook for landing a large fish; or, humbug and nonsense (4) |
| ENTRECOTE | Piece of meat where rest can be had in dish before main course |
| APPETISER | It's eaten before meal or before main course (9) |
| LAMBERT | English composer introducing bass to Debussy piece before end of concert (7) |
| SCRAPHEAP | Where one's dumped on retiring piece before he accepts half trap (9) |
