| PUTPENTOPAPER | Write adaptation of Peter Pan up, securing first place (3,3,2,5) |
| NIXON | 2006 adaptation of Peter Morgans's play, Frost/- (5) |
| THAW | Actor who starred in television series including Home to Roost, Inspector Morse and an adaptation of Peter Mayle's memoir A Year in Provence (4) |
| ONAPAR | Or holds a pan up level (2,1,3) |
| HANDPUPPETS | Silly pan up from the depths to Punch and Judy, say (4,7) |
| HALLE | Noted players in good condition, securing first place in league |
| SAVANT | Scholar took exam, securing first place (6) |
| CHAMP | Person securing first place in match? (5) |
| SNAP | Break pans up (4) |
| PURDAH | May have been hard up securing the seclusion of women (6) |
| METHODICAL | Systematic check-up securing most of the oxygen |
| TENTACLES | Camping hotshots maybe securing first of lines which reach a long way? |
| MINCER | Underground worker securing first of cumbersome grinding equipment |
| HANDCLASP | Deal sealer traditionally closer to securing first of crown land upgrades? (9) |
| ROBBERY | 'Johnny Reb' born, brought up securing plunder (7) |
| SISAL | Rope girl hauled up, securing upright line |
| LYRICISTS | Songwriters call up securing one in charts (9) |
| NOMINEE | Long time taken up securing pit candidate |
| MHAIRI | I'm up securing locks to boycott Stephen Flynn's deputy (6,5) |
| BLACK | I'm up securing locks to boycott Stephen Flynn's deputy (6,5) |
