| ESTRAGON | Who was waiting for Godot with Vladimir? (8) |
| SAMUELBECKETT | Irish dramatist whose most famous work was Waiting For Godot (6,7) |
| VLADIMIR | He waited for Godot with Estragon |
| ALIBI | Thin Lizzy was "Waiting for" one |
| DESERVED | Retired journalist was waiting for fitting? (8) |
| STARMAN | Who, according to Bowie, was 'waiting in the sky'? (7) |
| CABRANK | Ran back to where the taxi was waiting (3,4) |
| PIRIE | Gordon ____ of South London Harriers lost famous battles with Vladimir Kuts in the 5,000m and 10,000m at the 1956 Olympics |
| DIDI | Reduplicative nickname for Vladimir in "Waiting for Godot" |
| BECKETT | Samuel _, Irish author and Nobel laureate (1969) noted for the 1953 play En attendant Godot (Waiting for Godot) (7) |
| NOSHOW | Godot, in "Waiting for Godot" |
| UNSEEN | Like Godot, in "Waiting for Godot" |
| PLAY | "Waiting for Godot," for one |
| INFRENCH | How "Waiting for Godot" was originally presented |
| ACTO | When a messenger from Godot arrives in "Waiting for Godot" |
| PLAYALONG | Pretend to cooperate as Waiting for Godot, for one, at first is drawn out (4,5) |
| DARKSTAR | 1974 film directed by John Carpenter, who has described it as "Waiting for Godot in space" |
| LAHR | Bert who starred in the original Broadway production of "Waiting for Godot" |
| TWOACTPLAY | "The Sunshine Boys" or "Waiting for Godot" |
| TWOACT | Like 'Waiting for Godot' |