| WHOSTHERE | Barnardo, a night sentinel, begins Hamlet with these two words. |
| AB | It starts with these two |
| INA | You'll find these two words in the title of a Christmas carol between "Away" and "Manger" (2 wds) |
| LOVETRIANGLE | FOR ADDED FLAVOR, PUT THREE PEOPLE IN ONE OF THESE (two words) |
| TWOSUGARS | Some might take their coffee with these: 2 wds. |
| MARCELLUS | Sentry who, with Barnardo, alerts Horatio to Hamlet's ghost (Shakespeare) |
| ROLLINGHILLS | Alberta hamlet with a geographically charming name: 2 wds. |
| MAXSTOKE | Warwickshire hamlet with an Augustinian priory and a medieval moated castle |
| WARSPITE | Hamlet with a battleship on its Welcome sign, it's in Smoky Lake County in Alberta |
| THELMAANDLOUISE | Film version of Hamlet with antic Dane trapping foreign king (6,3,6) |
| DOORKEEPER | Barnardo originally seen as one letting people into institution? |
| ONTHEHOUR | Punctually, like Barnardo? The honour's rare |
| ACTLIKEAFOOL | What one of the gravediggers does in Hamlet with idiotic behaviour (3,4,1,4) |
| CROSSTHERUBICON | What dreams were for Hamlet, with mad hero about to act decisively (5,3,7) |
| FENNEL | Aromatic umbellifer such as finocchio that is one of the symbolic plants in Ophelia's floral soliloquy in Hamlet with columbine, daisy, pansy, rosemary, rue and violet (6) |
| HAMLETSGHOST | In Act 1, Barnardo, Marcellus, and Horatio encounter something on the parapets of the castle. What is it? |
| LOOKOUT | A prospect, vista or view; a careful watch; a sentinel encharged with watching; or, an observation post (7) |
| GUARD | A warder, sentinel or sentry; a watch chain; or, a quillon (5) |
| BAILIFF | These two troublemakers come from Ilfracombe, and if they get into more trouble they will be getting a visit from a law-enforcement officer (7) |
| CLIMATECHANGE | These two climate words have a naffish, neutralising effect but they describe something globally terrifying. (7,6) |
