| EASTOF | & 21D 1922 W Somerset Maugham stage play (4,2,4) |
| EASTOFSUEZ | 1922 W Somerset Maugham stage play |
| SUEZ | 1922 W Somerset Maugham stage play (4,2,4) |
| THEYEARDOT | Beginning parts of 23A, 10A, 8A, 20A, 11A, 18D, 12A, 9A, 26A, 22D, 7D, 2D and 21D (3,4,3) |
| PLAYINGTHE | & 21D 2010 novel by Barbara Taylor Bradford (7,3,4) |
| THEMOONAND | See 71919 novel by W Somerset Maugham whose central character is Charles Strickland |
| THEPAINTED | 1925 novel by W Somerset Maugham (3,7,4) (see 10A) |
| YOUNG | & 21D The -, 1922 stage play by Noel Coward (5,4) |
| CLOUD | & 21D 1979 stage play by Caryl Churchill (5,4) |
| CONSTANT | and 5dn, The ?, 1926 stage play by W Somerset Maugham |
| THEOPPOSITE | & 21D 1998 film comedy starring Christina Ricci and Martin Donovan (3,8) |
| LEON | & 21D Author of the novels The Haj and QB VII (4,4) |
| SCOTT | & 21D Author of novels Personal Injuries and Presumed Innocent (5,5) |
| BATES | & 21D US television series starring Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore (5,5) |
| WOOLLY | And 21d Vague or confused in thought (6-6) |
| BLACK | & 21D The -, 1950 adventure film starring Tyrone Power and Orson Welles (5,4) |
| DONKEY | & 21D 2008 film thriller featuring Robert Boulter and Sian Breckin (6,5) |
| PEER | & 21D 1867 verse play by Henrik Ibsen (4,4) |
| WIFE | see 20ac, The ?, 1926 stage play by W Somerset Maugham |
| THECONSTANT | 1926 stage play by W Somerset Maugham whose central character is Constance Middleton |
