| GWYN | One of the spellings of the surname of an orange-seller who became a leading actress at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and a mistress of Charles II (4) |
| CLINTEASTWOOD | Cowboy actor who became a leading director and producer (5,8) |
| RHYS | Which familiar Welsh name was the origin of the surname Price? (4) |
| NELL | Fruit seller who became a mistress of King Charles II, ___ Gwyn (4) |
| DIERI | What is one of the spellings of the name of the Australian Aboriginal people of the Cooper Creek dis |
| ISEULT | One of the spellings of the wife of Mark of Cornwall who was in love with the latter's knight, Tristan (6) |
| OCKENHEIM | What is one of the spellings of the Flemish composer, the first in a long line of noted Flemish comp |
| UYGUR | One of the spellings of the official language of Xinjiang in China (5) |
| RACKET | Hubbub, hurly-burly or hustling gaiety; one of the spellings of the sausage bassoon; or, unscrupulous moneymaking activities (6) |
| FRAISE | 16th-century neck ruff; one of the spellings of a type of bacon pancake; or, a French word for a strawberry (6) |
| CUZCO | One of the spellings of the Inca capital in modern Peru (5) |
| AZUKI | One of the spellings of a reddishbrown pulse used in stews, salads, desserts and dim sum fillings, regarded as the king of beans in Japan (5) |
| GANESH | One of the spellings of an elephant- headed mouse-riding Hindu god of wisdom, success and prophecy (6) |
| PRAHU | One of the spellings of a type of sailing boat originally from Micronesia (5) |
| ASANTE | One of the spellings of an empire and region in modern-day Ghana that was annexed by Britain in 1902 |
| OGAM | One of the spellings of what is sometimes called the Gaelic or Celtic tree alphabet (4) |
| MOCHACCINO | One of the spellings of a coffee drink flavoured with chocolate syrup/cocoa (10) |
| MILLAIS | Surname of an English painter and illustrator who was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brot |
| STYE | What is one of the spellings for an inflammation, like a small boil, on the eyelid? (4) |
| FAKE | Deceive... or a hint to how the spellings of the starred clues' answers were formed? |
