| THUNDERSHEET | Theatrical device used in "King Lear"? Not quite the padding for his childlike outpourings! (7,5) |
| ROUT | Put to flight? Not quite the way |
| EDGAR | Who is the Earl of Gloucester's son in King Lear? (5) |
| ACTTHEFOOL | Take part in King Lear? Don't be serious! |
| GONER | One doomed daughter of Lear (not the Italian) (5) |
| LATERON | Lear not performed afterwards (5,2) |
| WADDING | Add in wing edges for the padding (7) |
| TOEBEANS | Cute name for the padding on a cat's paws |
| UPHOLSTERY | The padding or covering of a piece of furniture (10) |
| DUKEOFALBANY | In King Lear, what is Goneril's husband's official title? |
| HOLINSHED | Who wrote the main source for the story of King Lear? |
| ASIDE | Theatrical device where a character in a play addresses the audience, supposedly unheard by other characters (5) |
| STUFFING | Padding for cushions, palliasses, pillows, soft toys or upholstery; farce, forcemeat or Paxo, rolled into balls or placed in turkeys or other poultry before being roasted; or, a heavy defeat in sport |
| ALONGSIDE | Juxtaposed with a theatrical device involving trousers for the most part (9) |
| TABLEAU | Theatrical device in which actors freeze for effect |
| DEUSEX | Theatrical device showing intercourse at high speed in Audena's letters (4,2,7) |
| MACHINA | Theatrical device showing intercourse at high speed in Auden's letters (4,2,7) |
| SOLILOQUY | The act of speaking alone or to oneself, especially as a theatrical device (9) |
| TRAGEDY | Attempt getting round old King Lear? |
| EDWARD | King Lear? |
