| GETINONTHEACT | Participate with other players, at some stage (3,2,2,3,3) |
| INTERACT | Perform with other players, at some stage (8) |
| MUCKIN | To participate with others in a task or hardship (4,2) |
| JOININ | Participate with others (4,2) |
| OPENCAST | Did excavation start with some players, at some stage? (4-4) |
| STAGEWHISPERS | Said so other players cannot hear (5,8) |
| ACTORS | Some agents fail to start, representing players at some stage (6) |
| BLINDMANSBUFF | A party game in which someone tries to catch and identify the other players without being able to see them |
| BROADCASTS | A group of players, at some stage, goes on air (10) |
| CASTLE | Keep the players, at some stage, in front of the French (6) |
| OVERCAST | Gloomy outlook for the wrong players, at some stage (8) |
| OUTCASTS | Wrong players, at some stage, became exiles (8) |
| THEATRE | Dramatic setting for the players, at some stage (7) |
| OUTCAST | Wrong group of players, at some stage, sent into exile (7) |
| TEAMSPIRIT | Willingness to co-operate with other players (4,6) |
| VIOLINS | Seen to string along with other players (7) |
| STEAMING | Hot outside centre joining up with other players (8) |
| ACTOR | Head off agent with player, at some stage (5) |
| PLAYSOLITAIRE | Engage in game, despite having no other player put down a single diamond |
| CASTE | Players, at some stage, by the end, had found their place in society (5) |
