| MUSICAL | Cats perhaps calm us in distress, one's gathered |
| ACTORS | In "Cats", perhaps, or in another show you may see them (6) |
| SIDESTEPS | Dodges cats, perhaps, back in the teams (9) |
| STEP | Stage a comeback in "Cats", perhaps (4) |
| STEPUP | Increase in dogs and cats perhaps seen climbing |
| STEPS | Household cats perhaps climbing back of curtains in stages (5) |
| ARMISTICE | Smart ones gathered at church for the Peace (9) |
| REDMULLET | Radical hairdo one's gathered in net (3,6) |
| OUTCROP | Rock no longer in fashion - something one's gathered? |
| FRILL | Leader of regime in charge, one's gathered (5) |
| PLEAT | Fuel contains lead in Laos, one's gathered |
| HEIRS | Ones gathered for a reading, maybe |
| SIMULACRA | Irregular IRA calm us with superficial likenesses (9) |
| ALLAY | Capone wagered that he could calm us |
| MUSCULAR | Brawny, but it might calm us, playing Rugby Union (8) |
| DESCANTS | Independent airs of Ned's cats, perhaps (8) |
| WHIPPET | One dog and two cats, perhaps (7) |
| MUSICALSAW | Cats perhaps noticed an unusual source of sound |
| BENGAL | An erstwhile province with cats, perhaps (6) |
| PETS | Cats, perhaps, walk back (4) |
