| SECRETAGENT | 007 takes centre stage, improbably (6, 5) |
| WOMBAT | A burrower at womb, improbably (6) |
| PLAYSTHELEAD | Takes centre stage in game of Cluedo and puts forward the pipe? (5,3,4) |
| TAG | Baseball dismissal takes centre stage (3) |
| HAT | Fashion accessory that takes centre stage on Ladies Day at Ascot? (3) |
| HARLEQUINADES | Word for the parts of pantomimes in which Columbine's diamond-patterned lover takes centre stage; or, acts of buffoonery generally (13) |
| STEALTHESHOW | Who else that's prepared to take centre stage? (5,3,4) |
| HOLDCOURT | With sexy clothing, could new Queen take centre stage? |
| HOLDFORTH | Take centre stage in talk show |
| DRACHMAS | Ready for old Athenian choir to take centre stage in Oresteia? (8) |
| REDSQUIRREL | Moscow landmark welcoming Irish for centre stage left as Scottish native (3,8) |
| BEYOND | 007 takes brief look inside and outside limits (6) |
| VALVE | Flow control takes centre of river through glen (5) |
| LONER | ... one takes middle path seeking solitude (5) |
| ULSTER | Governor tipped to take centre of industrial province (6) |
| JUNKBOND | 007 takes on No briefly in Britain ___ it has a risky pay-off (4,4) |
| HEARTTOHEART | That other era, improbably intimate (5,2,5) |
| CORED | Take centre from (apple) |
| LUNG | Have a breather. Take centre plunge (4) |
| BISEXUAL | A blue 6 improbably swinging both ways (8) |
