| SCHOOLOFDRAMA | Where one is taught to take the lead in the nursery with the play-actors (6,2,5) |
| CASTE | We hear the play's actors are a class of the Hindu community (5) |
| EARN | Be taught to take top off to make money |
| GRIN | To begin with, goes running into nursery with a smile |
| CRECHE | Nursery with small charges |
| IANCARMICHAEL | English actor whose roles include the lead in the 1957 film Lucky Jim (3,10) |
| DRAMASCHOOL | Where one is taught to play well? (5,6) |
| ATLOGGERHEADS | A thickheaded lumberjack takes the lead in dispute (2,11) |
| POLYTECHNIC | Where one is taught to copy: let chin get broken (11) |
| OSTROGOTH | Old German is maybe too short to take the lead in Griselda |
| GRAMMARSCHOOL | Where one is taught not to split infinitives? (7,6) |
| ASSORTMENT | Books some star turns to take the lead in variety |
| NIRVANA | Buddhist's goal to take the lead in rain storm (7) |
| STAR | Take the lead in "The Lost Army" (4) |
| ONTO | Up with the play on two ducks around the Northern Territory (4) |
| ONTHEBALL | Halt noble experiment to be up with the play (2,3,4) |
| CHASTAIN | Jessica, U.S. actress who won the Best Actress Oscar in 2022 for playing the lead in the film The Eyes Of Tammy Faye (8) |
| CURRICULUMVITAE | What one is taught in school is almost all important and an eye-opener - and it might get you a job (10,5) |
| OPENINGNIGHT | The possibility of a job at sea? Thing is, it's all for show - the first of many if those play-actors are successful? (7,5) |
| APART | One of those play-actors was looking for it in different places (5) |
