| CRESSIDA | A character portrayed in one of Shakespeare's plays; or, the first name of the author of How to Train Your Dragon (8) |
| LEAR | The king in one of Shakespeare's plays |
| THEATREGOER | One who attends plays - or the scenes of operations? |
| NIGELLA | First name of the author of How to Be a Domestic Goddess and Feast (7) |
| THERACHEL | Hairstyle named after a character portrayed by Jennifer Aniston (3,6) |
| MANSFIELD | Pen name of the author of How Pearl Button Was Kidnapped (9) |
| PLAYBILL | A poster advertising a play, or the programme of a play (8) |
| TROIKA | The type of sleigh portrayed in one movement of Prokoviev's Lieutenant Kijé suite |
| SAM | Soul singer Cooke who was portrayed in One Night in Miami ... |
| ROSEMARY | Used to flavour sea-salted foccacia, hasselback potatoes or roast lamb, a woody herb which is a symbol of remembrance; or, the first name of the cookery teacher on Ladette to Lady (8) |
| IRIS | Flower in a family that includes crocuses, freesias, gladioli; or, the first name of the author who wrote The Sea, The Sea (4) |
| COOPER | Author of How to Survive Christmas who lost the only copy of the manuscript of her novel Riders on a London bus in 1970 (6) |
| PELHAM | Whig prime minister from 1743-54; a type of bit; or, the first name of the author of the Jeeves and Wooster stories (6) |
| PERICLES | He is an Athenian statesman who, among other accomplishments, was responsible for building the Acropolis, begun in 447. One of Shakespeare's plays has his name in its title. |
| PHOEBE | Small outer moon of Saturn; a Greek Titaness associated with the moon; or, the first name of the Friends character played by Lisa Kudrow (6) |
| DAVID | Sculpture by Michelangelo; or, the first name of the character played by Tim Bentinck in The Archers (5) |
| CYMBELINE | Title character of one of Shakespeare's plays based on sources from Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles (9) |
| REBA | Hart of a 2000s sitcom, or the first name of the character's portrayer |
| LOURDES | Town at the foot of the Pyrenees; or, the first name of Madonna's eldest daughter (7) |
| LYTTON | Viceroy of India 1876-80; or, the first name of the Eminent Victorians author (6) |
