| TREVORNUNN | Chief executive of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1968-86 (6,4) |
| NUNN | Trevor ?, chief executive of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1968-86 (4) |
| ECCLESTONE | Surname of former chief executive of the Formula One Group (10) |
| PETERHALL | Founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company |
| HANDS | Sets of 13 cards held by players in bridge; pointers on the faces of clocks/ watches; or, the Royal Shakespeare Company artistic director 1986-91 (5) |
| IACHIMO | Character played by Jamie Wilkes in a Gregory Doran production of Cymbeline at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2023 (7) |
| SCYTHER | One making sweeping cuts in the Royal Shakespeare company with impunity at last when recycling |
| REBECCA | Actress whose father founded the Royal Shakespeare Company (7,4) |
| HALL | Actress whose father founded the Royal Shakespeare Company |
| SHER | Antony, South African-born actor who joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982 (4) |
| BROOK | Peter -; director and writer whose productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company include King Lear andMarat/Sade (5) |
| HIS | What did modern composer-pianist Andre Tchaikowsky (1935-1982) bequeath to the Royal Shakespeare Company for use on stage? (3,5) |
| SKULL | What did modern composer-pianist Andre Tchaikowsky (1935-1982) bequeath to the Royal Shakespeare Company for use on stage? (3,5) |
| SILENCE | Short play by Harold Pinter premiered by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1969, directed by Peter Hall |
| CROKER | Ted ___, Secretary and Chief Executive of the FA from 1973-89 (6) |
| SIMONCOWELL | Chief executive of the entertainment company Syco |
| BULAWAYO | Industrial city and executive of the province in Royal Shakespeare Matabeleland, Company from Zimbabwe (8) |
| KOBUS | Ex chief executive of the Nasional Soccer League, Cyril _ (5) |
| PETERMURRELL | Who resigned as chief executive of the SNP in March this year (5,7) |
| PARSEC | Father goes to Royal Shakespeare Company admitting direction is light years ahead (6) |
