| TORULE | Took industrial action, as the conscientious monarch did? (6,2,4) |
| WORKED | Took industrial action, as the conscientious monarch did? (6,2,4) |
| CAME | Got involved in the action, as the audience arriving at the theatre did! (4,4,4) |
| INTO | Got involved in the action, as the audience arriving at the theatre did! (4,4,4) |
| PLAY | Got involved in the action, as the audience arriving at the theatre did! (4,4,4) |
| OVERRULED | Finished with what monarch did? Then it was set aside (9) |
| WORKEDTORULE | Took industrial action by scrupulously following regulations (6,2,4) |
| STANDINGDOWN | Ceasing action, as a troop |
| STRUCK | Impressed when took industrial action? (6) |
| TRIED | What the conscientious judge did (5) |
| ONTHEWATCH | Where one finds time to describe the conscientious sentry (2,3,5) |
| REINEDIN | Checked what monarch did, abandoning grand home (6,2) |
| REIGNED | What monarch did, aroused again without it (7) |
| STY | The conscientious type will hold a pen (3) |
| REINED | Controlled what monarch did, reportedly |
| MORALOBLIGATION | Duty, to the conscientious |
| RINGSIDE | As close to the action as you can get |
| MODUSOPERANDI | Plan of action, as "initially" found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| ARMCHAIR | Removed from the actual action, as with a commentator |
| STALLSFORTIME | Delays taking action as long as possible |
