| CASTOFF | Unwanted actors leaving (4-3) |
| COMPACT | Small group of actors leaving New York for Connecticut |
| ECSTASY | First of actors leaving company in simple form of transport (7) |
| EXIT | Actor's leaving of stage, (4) |
| LAYER | Film actor leaving quietly (5) |
| CUMBERSOME | Difficult English actor leaving set with unspecified number (10) |
| WEEDOUT | Remove unwanted elements (4,3) |
| THINOUT | Remove unwanted seedlings/plants (4,3) |
| COMBOUT | Remove unwanted elements from a boom cutout (4,3) |
| OUTTAKE | Unwanted piece of film (3-4) |
| OFFLOAD | Pass on something unwanted (3-4) |
| TUNEOUT | Eliminate unwanted sounds from 1 2 2 (said the archbishop) (4,3) |
| BADNEWS | There are ways bands can hide unwanted information (3,4) |
| THEBABY | What priest might be doing at baptism, bearing unwanted responsibility (7,3,4) |
| HOLDING | What priest might be doing at baptism, bearing unwanted responsibility (7,3,4) |
| ALOADOF | More than two or three unwanted publicity cuts withdrawn (1,4,2) |
| BAREASS | Unwanted |
| JUNKFAX | Unwanted office transmission |
| SPAMBOT | Sender of many unwanted messages |
| WORKOFF | Lose via exercise, as unwanted pounds |
