| PETER | (and 18 down) Late British playwright (5) |
| NOEL | Sir ___ Coward, late British playwright/ actor (4) |
| CARYL | --- Churchill, British playwright whose works include Top Girls and A Number (5) |
| ORTON | Joe ___, British playwright (5) |
| NIVEN | Late British actor, author of The Moon's A Balloon, and Bring on the Empty Horses (5,5) |
| DAVID | Late British actor, author of The Moon's A Balloon, and Bring on the Empty Horses (5,5) |
| HONOR | ___ Blackman, late British film and TV actress (5) |
| LYNCH | Mike _, late British technology entrepreneur and businessman (5) |
| READE | British playwright Charles ____ |
| FRAYN | Michael ___, British playwright best known for Noises Off |
| SACKS | Oliver -, late British neurologist whose books include 1985's The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales (5) |
| BOWIE | David _, late British singer whose hits included 1972's Starman (5) |
| BERYL | ___ Bainbridge, late British writer (5) |
| TERRY | _ Pratchett, late British author who wrote the Discworld novels (5) |
| ELENA | --- Baltacha, late British tennis player (5) |
| NIMMO | Derek, the late British actor who was in Neighbours (5) |
| ROGER | ___ Moore, late British actor who played James Bond (5) |
| MOORE | Dudley _, late British comedian who died in 2002 (5) |
| ERNIE | _ Wise, late British comedian who died in 1999 (5) |
| EDGAR | British playwright |
