| DEUSEXMACHINA | In ancient Greek drama, an actor, playing a god, carried to the stage by a mechanical contrivance to resolve the plot (4,2,7) |
| INBADPART | How boos would be taken by an actor playing the villain (2,3,4) |
| DUALROLE | Job for an actor playing identical twins, say |
| EFFICIENCY | A measure of a mechanical system's effectiveness, usually the ratio of the power delivered by a mechanical system to the power supplied to it (10) |
| ENTRANCE | A coming onto the stage by an actor (8) |
| GIGI | 1944 novella by Colette adapted for the stage by Anita Loos in 1951 |
| WARHORSE | Novel by Michael Morpurgo, adapted for the stage by Nick Stafford (3,5) |
| ASS | A stupid fellow played by a mechanical actor |
| TABLEAUVIVANT | Scene presented on stage by a silent motionless group of actors (7,6) |
| TINKERBELL | Peter Pan character represented on stage by a darting light |
| TRAP | A contrivance to catch the back section |
| DODGE | A useful contrivance, to get out of the way! (5) |
| JAWS | 1975 movie whose title character was played by a mechanical shark named Bruce |
| FLATCAP | Spooner's contrivance to give Tom admission as working-class symbol |
| STROPHE | First section of a choral ode in ancient Greek drama |
| EXODE | The final chorus in Ancient Greek drama |
| AGON | Conflict in ancient Greek drama |
| DEVICE | A thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical contrivance |
| THESPIS | Greek poet who, according to Aristotle, was the first actor in Greek drama (7) |
| RODEO | In the West, was carried to the ring for a few bucks |
