| MONASTIC | Way to work cast in plays following order (8) |
| COMEACROSS | Find some actors wasting time in play following lead in cast (4,6) |
| ECSTATIC | Joyful quote picked up about cast in play (8) |
| OBEDIENT | Plot to replace queen in east, following orders (8) |
| COMMANDO | Soldier only following order (8) |
| OBEISANT | Such is worker, say, following order? (8) |
| AGNOSTIC | Sceptical cast go in plays (8) |
| INDICATE | Demonstrate how I acted in plays (8) |
| DIALOGUE | Lines spoken by characters in plays and films (8) |
| ATHENIAN | Timon, say, and a thane in plays (8) |
| RAINCOAT | Actor in plays carrying a garment (8) |
| DRAMATIC | ____ licence, deviation from fact or form in plays or films (8) |
| SUBPLOTS | Stories separate from, and less important than, the main narratives in plays, films or novels (8) |
| ROMANTIC | Amorous actor in plays about marriage, primarily |
| ACTRESS | Perhaps she's cast in play without reservation in Hollywood? (7) |
| UPAGAINST | Next to and will play following game (2,7) |
| SATELLITEDISH | One following order in full adjusted his aerial (9,4) |
| SYNTACTIC | Scanty pants? Predictable response in rule-following order |
| MONKEYBUSINESS | One following order uses bin, yes, strangely for underhand dealings (6,8) |
| ANTICS | Cast in play produced Tomfoolery (6) |
