Backing Singers

Sharon Osborne on America's Got Talent about Marcus Tyrell and the Serenades. Saying 'I'm really hoping his new backup singers work'. Meant backing singers. Just by chance, David Hasselhof referred to them as Background Singers later on.

Table Top

21D. Place the wrong way up on a table top (3). PUT. Evening Standard Cryptic. 15/7/2010.

Short Cut

23A. Short cut, about right (4). CURT. Evening Standard Cryptic. 15/7/2010.

Vital Statistics

Colossus No. 223. Numerical facts that can be vital (10). STATISTICS.

Fighting Chance

Colossus No. 221. Risk being seen after fighting (6). CHANCE.

Midnight

Colossus No. 221. Performing with ancient characters before midnight. ENACTING.

Lost Cause

Colossus No. 221. Making us a closet? It cannot possibly succeed (4,5). LOST CAUSE.