| MARDELL | Alexandra _, had been playing Emma Brooker in Coronation Street (7) |
| PATSY | Former Emmerdale and Holby City Actress playing Emma Harding (5,6) |
| KENSIT | Former Emmerdale and Holby City Actress playing Emma Harding (5,6) |
| SPLASHED | With a bunch of pals, she had been playing in the water (8) |
| RHAPSODIC | Ecstatic, it's to do with poems after harps had been playing (9) |
| TANISHA | _ Gorey, has been playing Coronation Street's Asha Alahan since 2009 (7) |
| BENEFIT | Been playing, in good health? That's an advantage (7) |
| CHELSEE | First name of Ms Healey who has been playing Goldie McQueen in Hollyoaks since 2016 (7) |
| CLIPPED | Smacked for having been playing with scissors? (7) |
| HOSEOFF | Get clean, as someone who's been playing in the mud |
| KENNETH | Actor and director who has been playing cinematic Poirot, _ Branagh (7) |
| SHAMPOO | The pom has been playing with a ball and gets a wash (7) |
| WESTEND | Theater district where "The Mousetrap" has been playing continuously since 1952 |
| CHARLIE | Konnie Huq's husband who created the show Black Mirror, _ Brooker (7) |
| SPEAR | He dated Emma Brooker, who was involved in his grandfather's death in Corrie (3,5) |
| JON | He dated Emma Brooker, who was involved in his grandfather's death in Corrie (3,5) |
| CURTIS | He lied to Emma Brooker about his dad being dead in Corrie (6,8) |
| DELAMERE | He lied to Emma Brooker about his dad being dead in Corrie (6,8) |
| HUQ | Konnie _, presenter who married Charlie Brooker in 2010 (3) |
| RAMIN | ___ Karimloo, West End star who has been playing Kian Madani in Holby City (5) |
