| GONEFISHING | 'TV series of the year 2023' with Mortimer/Whitehouse (6,7) |
| MILLIEBOBBYBROWN | Starred in the sci-fi series of the year |
| REEVES | Part of a double act with Mortimer (6) |
| READYSTEADYGO | British pop music TV series of the 1960s (5,6,2) |
| REYNOLDS | Tony ___, with Ashley Izzard won our 'Team of the Year' 2023 (8) |
| COLOR | Pantone's ___ of the Year 2023: Viva Magenta 18-1750 |
| ASHTON | Simon ___, our 'Speci Angler of the Year 2023' (6) |
| SIMON | ___ Ashton, dace record-holder/AT 'Speci Angler of the Year 2023' (5) |
| LAKE | ___ Jordan, voted AT's 'Lu re angler of the Year 2023' (4) |
| KOI | He won AT's 'Catch of the Year' 2023 (*no DIY crook!) (3,7) |
| CROYDON | He won AT's 'Catch of the Year' 2023 (*no DIY crook!) (3,7) |
| BLACKJACK | Dark-flowered agapanthus, Chelsea Flower of the Year 2023; a casino card game (5,4) |
| CLOSED | Ed Sheeran's blinding hit, up for a Brit award for Song of the Year 2023 (4,6) |
| RABBIT | Animal by which the year 2023 is represented in the Chinese calendar (6) |
| MOANA | Awesome 2016 Disney movie that lost the Oscar to "Zootopia" that year; it got revenge by being the top-streamed children's movie of 2023, with 11.6 billion minutes watched |
| ODD | Like the year 2023 |
| MONTYPYTHON | This fuchsia variety refers to the title name of a comedy TV series of the late 1960s (5,6) |
| PRAIRIE | Little House on the ___, American TV series of the late 1970s (7) |
| BOB | First name of the comedian who has been in shows called The Smell of Reeves And Mortimer and Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing (3) |
| BLUEY | Australian cartoon that was the most-streamed kids' show in the country in 2023, with 43.9 billion minutes streamed |
