| SAMPLE | Small part to represent others or a whole (6) |
| TANDEM | With punning use of the Latin for "at length", word for a carriage drawn by a long set-up of two horses, one behind the other; or, a bicycle for two riders in a similar lengthy formation (6) |
| LGBTQRIGHTS | Same-sex marriage and others, or a hint to the last letters of both words of 16-, 23-, 34-, 37- and 48-Across |
| FUGUE | From "flight", a contrapuntal composition in which a number of parts/voices enter successively in imitation of each other; or, a psychogenic flight from reality (5) |
| COGNAC | One with small part to play in organisation can turn to drink (6) |
| STRING | It provides one note - or a whole succession (6) |
| MARINA | Small part to moor boats (6) |
| EXTRAS | Actors with small parts to play in a film (6) |
| LAYERS | Strata; coatings; items of clothing worn under or over others; or, thicknesses of something such as sliced vegetables in a dish (6) |
| DONATE | Give to others or you'll get no date! (6) |
| LENGTH | Distance swum in a swimming pool from one side to the other; or, in racing, the measurement of elapsed time as the horses cross the line (6) |
| TRUMPS | Suits in cards that outrank others; or, blasts on cornet-like instruments (6) |
| AGENTS | They represent others (6) |
| SYNECDOCHE | A figure of speech in which a part is substituted for a whole or a whole for a part |
| DELUDE | Fool others, or oneself |
| DELEGATION | A person or group chosen to represent others (10) |
| CODES | Systems of words, letters, figures or symbols used to represent others for secrecy or brevity |
| DELEGATES | They're appointed to represent others (9) |
| DELEGATE | One sent to represent others (8) |
| DEPUTATION | Group appointed to represent others (10) |
