| USHERING | When one is guiding one to a theatre seat, what is one doing (8) |
| CLEW | An old word for a ball of thread guiding one through a labyrinth or maze, hence the similar word for a hint that points towards the solution of a mystery or puzzle (4) |
| PHEW | Husband is plonked into seat - what a relief |
| OPERAHAT | Chapeau claque or gibus that is collapsible so as to be flattened to store under one's theatre seat (5,3) |
| LEERING | When one is looking with a side glance, what is one doing (7) |
| MAILING | When one is posting a letter, what is one doing (7) |
| BALDING | When one is losing one's hair, what is one doing (7) |
| FRACTION | What is one or more parts of a whole number (8) |
| SORBONNE | Dating back to 13th-century Paris, what is one of the first university colleges in the world? (8) |
| FLOUNDER | What is one of the numerous species of flatfishes (8) |
| OCTUPLET | What is one of eight born at the same time called? (8) |
| ANCESTOR | What is one's progenitor called (8) |
| HAERHPIN | What is one of the Romanised names of the major trade and communications city of central Manchuria, the capital of Heilongjiang, and located on the south bank of the Sungari River? (2-3-3) |
| UPTO | What is one doing, equalling it? (2,2) |
| STALL | At last changing a pound to get a theatre seat (5) |
| UNTYING | Is one doing this to the knot when getting divorced? (7) |
| TOPUP | Gratuity has risen like a theatre seat? (3-2) |
| SIGHTLINE | View from a theatre seat, say (9) |
| TRAVERSER | One crosses over to a theatre, right at the end (9) |
| REEL | Speak proper - is one doing a wind-up? |
