| ONEACTPLAY | Half of 21 across take current car to amuse oneself in endgame (3-3,4) |
| MORALITYPLAY | Good behaviour to amuse oneself in medieval stage performance (8,4) |
| PLAY | Have to amuse oneself, in the end, at some stage (4) |
| KEEPAPROMISE | Don't renege on guarantee to American after most of those in 21 across take oath (4,1,7) |
| LANSQUENET | Knight and queen involved at different stages in endgame (10) |
| FINALSTAGE | Agent fails badly in endgame (5,5) |
| MESSAROUND | Amuse oneself |
| OVERPLAY | Give undue importance to a thing of the past to amuse oneself (8) |
| PLAYGOER | Goes to the gate to amuse oneself with project likely to succeed (8) |
| PLAYINGFIELDS | Amuse oneself in Government? That's grounds for kicking one's opponents perhaps! (7,6) |
| PLAYACTS | Pretends to amuse oneself and isn't idle (4-4) |
| DISPORT | Display a playful manner to amuse oneself |
| SUPREMES | Diana Ross's group, with "the" ... and a hint to the power group detectable in half of 21, 29, 37, a |
| INANIMATE | Stupid to take current rug to be lifeless (9) |
| TENURETRACK | Academic process: take current positions in a new way (6,5) |
| ALAN | ___ Cumming, Scottish actor who'll tread the boards in London, early 2020, with Daniel Radcliffe in Endgame (4) |
| CADILLAC | Scoundrel is in a bad way with current car (8) |
| ACEOFDIAMONDS | It might be half of 21 in blackjack |
| QUEENOFHEARTS | It might be half of 21 in blackjack |
| TEDDYBEAR | Initially take current stand to show toy (5,4) |
