| DAREST | "Put thy sword up, traitor; who makest a show but ___ not strike": "The Tempest" |
| SOSO | Band performs a show, but not all of it (4) |
| ERRATUM | Signs of hesitation covering up traitor's mistake |
| RAPIER | Rear sword up (6) |
| STEEPEST | Most expensive ways to hold sword up |
| LONDON | Location of the first concert of Madonna's Celebration Tour on Oct. 14th, as announced last week; Vancouver was originally scheduled as the first show, but the singer was sidelined with a bacterial in |
| JAMESJOYCE | Jesse, the robber, and William, the traitor, who wrote Ulysses (5,5) |
| MOLERAT | Spy traitor who is not much of a beast (4,3) |
| MISSAL | Would it not strike a fellow as a good book? (6) |
| KORNFLAKES | Dudes who promise you rides to nu metal shows but keep forgetting to show up? |
| AARON | Judge who does not judge singing shows (but he earns a lot of RBI) |
| BROCASSEELY | In 5,6, what are the names of the two traitors who are executed for involvement with the plot to kill King Henry at Oxford? |
| REVEL | Show, but not a party (5) |
| PROPER | Appropriate publicity before musical show, but no article in the end (6) |
| BLACKLEGS | Gloomy members, who do not strike (9) |
| QUISLING | Traitor who, in France, faces the rope |
| MISS | Does it not strike you as a stately abbreviation? |
| REAIR | Show, but not premiere |
| MODESTY | What a humblebrag attempts to show, but doesn't |
| SCREENED | Intended for public show, but covered up (8) |
