| Acted the eejit and deceived Nick Bottom, for instance |
PLAYEDTHEFOOL |
| Back on the theatre with most of them in the stalls |
PLAYTHEPONIES |
| Bananas from country cut short for a cake |
MADEIRA |
| Both sides of funny story in Spitfire |
FURY |
| Challenge for most of 30 across |
PLAY |
| Copy from Ireland all over US College and a writer's centre |
IMITATE |
| Crown and diamonds one made to order |
DIADEM |
| Dramatic work by writer of The Spanish in Death rubbished - did The Star do it? |
PLAYEDTHELEAD |
| Gives a helping hand in some air-raid shelters |
AIDS |
| Good books can be a conversation starter or a tragedy |
OTHELLO |
| Healthy workout for characters in Mayo gang |
YOGA |
| It's revolting place for small church |
PUTSCH |
| Jam and Status Quo exploit a loophole to their advantage |
PLAYTHESYSTEM |
| Loses the head with unfriendly type that's not getting any younger |
OLDISH |
| More than one Doubting Thomas upsets every barman from one American city |
CYNICS |
| Naturally occurring material found in rainforests |
ORE |
| One of those maybe in half of 28 down can be messy |
STY |
| Pound - one of the symbols of old European country? |
HAMMER |
| Produced rose oil for the birds |
ORIOLES |
