| GODOT | The unseen hero sought by Beckett's Vladimir and Estragon? (5) |
| ABIGAIL | The eponymous, but unseen, hero of a film by Mike Leigh starring Alison Steadman (7) |
| WAITINGFORGODOT | Play by Samuel Beckett featuring the characters Vladimir and Estragon |
| GOD | Vladimir and Estragon waited for him |
| VLADIMIR | With Estragon, one of the two main characters in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot |
| JOANNEWOODWARD | The Three Faces of Eve actress who was the unseen narrator of 1993's The Age of Innocence: 2 wds. |
| ENSUE | Come after the unseen, to be undone and undone! (5) |
| HELENMIRREN | The Queen actress who was the unseen narrator of 2023's Barbie: 2 wds. |
| ALECBALDWIN | 30 Rock actor who was the unseen narrator of 2001's The Royal Tenenbaums: 2 wds. |
| ACHEER | "Greet the unseen with ___": Browning |
| BLINDDATE | An encounter with the unseen? (5 ,4) |
| THEDUMBWAITER | Play Vladimir or Estragon in mime? (3,4,6) |
| WAITER | One paid to serve Estragon or Vladimir, for example |
| WAITINGFOR | Samuel Beckett stage play premiered in 1953 featuring characters Vladimir and Pozzo (7,3,5) |
| LAHR | First American Estragon in "Waiting for Godot" |
| RUDBECKIA | Impolite missing the final half of Beckett's first-class review by one of Daisy's relatives (9) |
| ESTRAGON | With Vladimir, one of the two main characters in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot |
| STLO | Samuel Beckett's "Capital of the Ruins" |
| ONEACTER | Beckett's "Krapp's Last Tape," e.g. |
| NELL | Nagg's wife in Samuel Beckett's "Endgame" |
