| DESIARNAZ | First husband of US actress Lucille Ball, with whom he co-starred in the 1950s sitcom I Love Lucy (4,5) |
| LUCILLEBALL | American comic actress who starred in the 1950s sitcom I Love Lucy (7,4) |
| BALL | Surname of the star of I Love Lucy (4) |
| NICK | Former husband of US personality Jessica Simpson, _ Lachey (4) |
| OLIVERREED | Actor whose first name is the title of a Best Picture he co-starred in, and whose last name is that |
| BILKO | US army sergeant famously played by Phil Silvers in the 1950s sitcom (5) |
| OSBOURNE | Lloyd ___, stepson of Robert Louis Stevenson with whom he co-authored 1889 novel The Wrong Box (8) |
| VANCE | Vivian ?, Emmy-winning actress who played Ethel Mertz in US television sitcom I Love Lucy (5) |
| JADENSMITH | Son of Academy Award-nominated actor with whom he appeared in the movie The Pursuit Of Happyness (5,5) |
| KOFIANNAN | Seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997-2006), with whom he was jointly awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 2001 (4,5) |
| HONGCHAU | The Night Agent actress who co-starred in The Whale (4,4) |
| QUESERASERA | Signature song of US actress and singer Doris Day, first performed in Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) (3,4,4) |
| LUCY | Classic 1950s sitcom with Lucille Ball, I Love _ (4) |
| OLSEN | Ole ___, vaudeville comedy partner of Chic Johnson with whom he starred in 1941 film Hellzapoppin' (5) |
| HOT | Olivia Colman, who was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, co-starred in the police comedy ... Fuzz and will play Madame Thernardier in the new BBC adaptation of ... Miserables (3,3) |
| DEBORAH | - Kerr, Scottish film great who co-starred in The King and I with Yul Brynner (7) |
| COLOR | "The ___ Purple" (2023 movie musical co-produced by Oprah Winfrey, who co-starred in the 1986 original) |
| LOVE | Classic American TV comedy first broadcast in 1951, I ---- Lucy (4) |
| WHITENIGHTS | 1985 film in which he co-starred with Gregory Hines and Helen Mirren |
| ICARUS | In Greek mythology, the son of Daedalus, with whom he escaped from Crete (6) |
