| Hearing for an actor |
AUDITION |
| Looks closely at equals |
PEERS |
| Make or become less hard |
SOFTEN |
| Mark Twain wrote 'The Adventures of Tom ......' |
SAWYER |
| Measure or quantity |
AMOUNT |
| Palindromic Muslim title, as for Khan |
AGA |
| Personate in artificial language |
ESPERANTO |
| Phrase for a Himalayan climber |
SHERPA |
| Popular sci-fi TV series with Mr Spock |
STARTREK |
| Relax like spring? |
UNWIND |
| Something small but well done - say role in play |
CAMEO |
| Spring back like rubber ball |
BOUNCE |
| Stop briefly, take ten |
PAUSE |
| Support built against a wall, prop |
BUTTRESS |
| Take . ... .... - disapprove myopically? |
ADIMVIEW |
| The dish to eat by way of an apology |
HUMBLEPIE |
| Use whatever materials are to hand |
IMPROVISE |
| Went voluntarily without food |
FASTED |