| ESTRAGON | Waiter in play, partial tragedy, in returning feature (8) |
| NOSE | Eastern boy returning feature (4) |
| VLADIMIR | Waiter in play, very obscure, embraced by the French and Irish (8) |
| ABIGAILS | What a leading actor has to claim proves troublesome, ending in tragedy in 17 work (8,5) |
| KINGLEAR | Tragedy in which family, regal, gets destroyed (4,4) |
| OBSERVER | Witness old boy with waiter in New York (8) |
| EMMANUEL | Cambridge college space attracting Spanish waiter in Torquay? (8) |
| TAXIRANK | Line of waiters in country kitchen originally passing test |
| CHOWLINE | Waiters in a mess |
| INFECTED | Passed on disease in returning chef with no height to Edward (8) |
| KOMITAJI | In returning characters framed by HL, don't mention a rebel |
| GARDENCITY | Caught in tragedy in volatile urban development (6,4) |
| ABIGAILSPARTY | What a leading actor has to claim proves troublesome, ending in tragedy in 17 work |
| COMEDY | Opposite of tragedy in ancient Greek theatre, symbolised by a sock; humorous film, play or event; or, a story with a happy ending (6) |
| IBSEN | Author elected to keep a tragedy in stock? (5) |
| MACBETH | Shakespearean tragedy in which the three witches utter, 'Double, double toil and trouble' |
| OTHELLO | Tragedy in book that's most unexpected! |
| HAMLET | Tragedy in a small village (6) |
| EURIPIDES | Conveyor of tragedy in English university with final message before fateful day |
| CENCI | "The ___: A Tragedy in Five Acts" (Shelley work) |
