| SWEETHEARTS | Loves to visit theatre, ballet etc, without wife |
| BOLSHOI | Moscow theatre (ballet, etc) |
| REPAIRS | Visits theatre with songs (7) |
| KIROV | Russian theatre, ballet (5) |
| OZONE | Love to visit Zambia to start working to get energy from sea air (5) |
| DOITYOURSELF | Repairs, etc without recourse to a tradesman (2-2-8) |
| GATECRASH | Gain entry to (a party, etc) without invitation |
| ARTS | Roles without pressure in ballet etc (4) |
| PERFORMING | Ballet etc fragments prior to change (10,4) |
| BLANKS | Flans from which coins are minted; dashes in place of obscene or taboo words; lottery tickets that fail to win prizes; or, dominoes, Scrabble tiles etc without pips or letters (6) |
| ENDURED | Underwent (hardship, strain, privation, etc) without yielding. (7) |
| CRUMPET | Mash etc without cut of beef for a snack (7) |
| USURPERS | Those who seize land, etc., without authority |
| GAOLS | Love to visit women, confined here? |
| FARO | Love to visit distant Portuguese, 22 |
| TROOP | Scout group love to visit harbour after upturn (5) |
| AIOLI | I love to visit old fighter in Mayo |
| PERFORMINGARTS | Star could conceivably emerge from this ballet etc (10,4) |
| DEGAS | French artist of the ballet etc (5) |
| ARTFORMS | Painting, cinema, ballet, etc. |
