| PAYCOURTTO | Flatter fantastic actor with youth mostly after play's opening (3,5,2) |
| ARISTOCRAT | Noble at holding title back, fantastic actor (10) |
| PROTEGE | Charge for youth mostly receiving gifts up front (7) |
| STALACTITE | Play's opening at length in New York, say? It depends |
| FIRSTNIGHT | Leading titled figure announced in play's opening performance (5,5) |
| SHREWSBURY | In the play's opening speech, this characters mentions "King Henry's victory, Who in a bloody field..." Where is the bloody field he mentions? |
| ATKNIFEPOINT | Patient OK? Fine mostly after roughing up threatened with blade (2,10) |
| DOODLE | Randomly draw lots, mostly after 8 (6) |
| CHASSIS | The car's part is of help mostly after church (7) |
| LENTIL | Sick, mostly after having fast pulse (6) |
| BETRAYAL | Disloyalty in university mostly after letter about resistance (8) |
| POSTHOC | Dispatch wine mostly after the event? |
| UNITARD | What some get for tumbling in late mostly, after college |
| CHABLIS | A Burgundy wine can bring great joy, mostly after tea! (7) |
| GARDENIA | Bush may see refusal mostly after backing newspaper (8) |
| AGONIC | Rob mostly after a shot making no angle |
| OBESE | Old boy seen mostly after disorder as very overweight (5) |
| HAILATAXI | Lack of coordination, mostly after freezing rain - get a ride (4,1,4) |
| UPROOTS | Pulls out expert in beer, mostly after setback (7) |
| TIMPANI | Panic mostly after time cut short for instruments (7) |
