| MOTHERSTOBE | People expecting manuscript to contain different words from Hamlet (7-2-2) |
| ANTONYMS | Completely different words from boy on paper (8) |
| OPERA | Work starts to oppress people expecting real advancement (5) |
| ADVENTISTS | A health worker's nursing five people expecting salvation soon (10) |
| FRAILTYTHY | Words from Hamlet confusing family with satyr in the West Country (7,3,4,2,5) |
| THATISTHEQ | Words from Hamlet |
| RUB | "Ay, there's the ___" (words from Hamlet) |
| AYTHERESTHERUB | Words from Hamlet |
| INNERVOICES | One's toughest critics, often, and, literally, three different words hidden in 21-, 26- and 43-Acros |
| ESCOT | Shakespearean word from Hamlet meaning to maintain (5) |
| TOBEORNOTTOBE | Famous line from Hamlet (2,2,2,3,2,2) |
| ORNOTTOBE | Phrase from Hamlet, To be, ... (2,3,2,2) |
| ALAS | Word from Hamlet while holding a skull |
| SMEAR | Returns manuscript to listener to drag through mud (5) |
| EMPORER | We pore over manuscript to take control (7) |
| MARKTWAIN | Who was the first author to submit a typewritten manuscript to his publisher? (4,5) |
| OREGANO | Glasses contain different range of seasoning (7) |
| ISOTOPE | One of two or more atoms with the same atomic number that contain different numbers of neutrons (7) |
| HAREMS | Run fast, taking manuscript to women's quarters |
| EDITOR | Worker on manuscript to trip up externally (6) |
