| THESPIANS | Actors and actresses |
| CAST | Found all the actors and actresses |
| DRAMA | Club for budding actors and actresses |
| STARSANDSTRIPES | Standard made by top actors and actresses with bands (5,3,7) |
| MUMMERSET | Word for the generic West Country accent used by actors and actresses (9) |
| COMPANY | A unit of Girl Guides; a flock of wigeon; or, a group of touring actors and actresses (7) |
| CASTIRON | Unyielding actors and actresses club together (4-4) |
| PARAMOUNT | American film company whose logo originally honoured the 24 actors and actresses under contract with stars (9) |
| PARTCOMPANY | Not all the actors and actresses separate |
| OUTCAST | Reject is not in with the actors and actresses |
| THERATPACK | Group of 1960s actors and entertainers that included Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Sammy Davis Jr. (3,3,4) |
| THEGOONS | Absurd and subversive group of actors and comedians who found fame together on the radio (3,5) |
| BEATON | Society photographer whose The Book of Beauty features portraits of actors and authors including Daisy Fellowes, Lady Diana Cooper, Nancy Cunard and Virginia Woolf (6) |
| KEMP | Actors and Spandau Ballet members, Gary and Martin _ (4) |
| GUTTED | Thus actors and artists become as disappointed |
| THEATRE | Place of work for actors and surgeons |
| CASTIGATED | Scolded actors and get aid distributed (10) |
| PLAYERS | Actors and first personal strata |
| CREDITS | place for actors and gaffers |
| SHOOTINGSTARS | Filming actors and meteors (8,5) |
