| BAND | Party entertainers' ceiling almost covers terribly bad harling at first, before final disaster (7,4) |
| CEILIDH | Party entertainers' ceiling almost covers terribly bad harling at first, before final disaster (7,4) |
| NETCURTAINS | Final disaster for some furnishings displayed in window (3,8) |
| PLATTER | Pasta's first before final dish (7) |
| OVERT | Part of cover terribly plain (5) |
| DJS | Party entertainers, for short |
| DUPE | Party entertainer's first trick (4) |
| BALLOONART | *Kids party entertainer's craft |
| EVENINGSTAR | "The ... ...", Robert Harling film starring Shirley MacLaine as Aurora Greenway (7,4) |
| HASPRIORITY | *Is allowed to go first (before the fact) |
| FALLUJAH | Collapse, ululating at first, before god in place on the Euphrates (8) |
| TOPPLE | Fall from leading position, at first, before the French (6) |
| CHEQUES | Bohemians sounded angry at first before journalist provided means of payment |
| BENIGNLY | Be nice at first before lying badly without harmful effect (8) |
| CROSSED | Bohemians sounded angry at first before journalist provided means of payment |
| SPRANG | Leapt sideways at first before car crash (6) |
| MARIACHI | Callas perhaps cautious, at first, before greeting Mexican music |
| OPERETTA | Choose to applaud at first before interrupting stage work |
| STEREOTYPE | Label serum test at first before blood grouping (10) |
| STARLET | Shirley Temple at first before later being recast? (7) |
