| COSTUMEDRAMA | Without hesitation, actors made merry in historical production |
| MERCATOR | After minute hesitation, actor in play was famous for projection |
| CASTANETS | Actors made a nest for clappers (9) |
| CAST | Actors made of plaster? (4) |
| HADABALL | An expert entertained in large country house made merry (3,1,4) |
| ETRUSCAN | In ancient culture, centaurs made merry (8) |
| CAVORTED | Made merry, when Eddy's almost taken in by rogue (8) |
| FROLICKED | Fine lap dance finally in bar - made merry (9) |
| SPORTED | Made merry despot turn out right in the middle of it (7) |
| MGM | They made merry musicals in the '30s |
| WEST | This actor made his name as McNulty in The Wire and will play Prince Charles in the next season of The Crown. (4) |
| JEREMYIRONS | Which British actor made his screen debut in 1971 in an episode of The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes? (6,5) |
| ADRIAN | _ Lester, actor made CBE in 2020 (6) |
| LAUREL | Stan ----, comic actor, made stage debut in Glasgow (6) |
| ALAI | Literally, "merry," in Basque |
| CAROUSE | Make merry in California - scheme to get old involved |
| GENTLEMEN | They were merry in a traditional English carol |
| REVEL | Make merry in bar, falling over (5) |
| LEVER | Turning up, make merry in bar |
| FERRYMAN | Somewhat merry in cooler boater (8) |
