| INTERLOPE | Play's opening leaves playwright bound to meddle |
| SHAW | Polemic playwright bound to be heard by some on radio |
| BLACKWIDOW | Boycott opening leaves new Australian spinner (5,5) |
| GUARE | "The House of Blue Leaves" playwright |
| MESSABOUT | Informal term meaning dilly-dally, footle, potter or tinker, like Ratty in boats, say; to meddle or interfere; to caper, gambol, skylark or play the fool; or, to carry on, philander, romp or generally |
| INTERFERE | I get free rent and you have to meddle! (9) |
| NITPICKER | Critic elected to return and watch entertaining play's opening |
| TACTICIAN | Schemer's play opening in strange antic (9) |
| FRACTIONS | Parts in French play opening on 1st September |
| GOSHAWK | Leave playwright to kill top predator (7) |
| TAMPER | Politician to tear off outside to meddle (6) |
| INTRUDE | Head skimmed from beer, cheeky to meddle |
| FOOLWITH | Clown and comic, source of hilarity, has to meddle (4,4) |
| SPIDERMONKEY | Network expert to meddle with an animal (6,6) |
| MYEYE | Start to meddle with former pronoun twice? What nonsense |
| REDS | Team that plays opening day at home every year |
| NOSY | Apt to meddle |
| PERSONALPRONOUNS | Perhaps she and her sons prone to meddle with our plan (8,8) |
| ACTI | Play's opening: wd. + Roman numeral |
| STALACTITE | Play's opening at length in New York, say? It depends |
