| ARLEY | 19th-century hall in north Cheshire built for Rowland Egerton-Warburton (5) |
| CREWEHALL | Jacobean mansion in Cheshire, built for a lord chief justice |
| STERNE | Author of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman who lived at Shandy Hall in North Yorkshire (6) |
| RUNCORN | UK industrial town in North Cheshire, on the Manchester Ship Canal (7) |
| WIDNES | Town in North Cheshire, on the River Mersey (6) |
| RULES | Patrick Warburton starred in this sitcom (--- Of Engagement) |
| JESSE | First name of Mr Metcalfe who played John Rowland in Desperate Housewives in the 2000s and performed as Astronaut on The Masked Dancer in 2022 (5) |
| PUDDY | "Seinfeld" character played by Patrick Warburton |
| GEMMA | - - - Rowland, Wales international who suffered from bulimia in her teens (5) |
| EDDIE | Taron Egerton portrays the title character in ___ the Eagle (5) |
| TARON | Played Sir Elton John in 2019 biopic Rocketman, ----- Egerton (5) |
| VOICE | Reality singing show with coaches Kelly Rowland and Boy George, The _ (5) |
| DEXYS | Kevin Rowland is the frontman of which group? (5) |
| ROBIN | & 23D Which legendary hero, who robbed the rich and gave to the poor, was the subject of yet another film recently, with Taron Egerton in the lead role? (5,4) |
| EAGLE | Underdog movie starring Taron Egerton and Hugh Jackman, Eddie the ___ (5) |
| KELLY | _ Rowland, former X Factor judge (5) |
| ROLLO | Musician born Rowland Constantine O'Malley Armstrong, who co-founded UK dance act Faithless and whose sister is singer Dido (5) |
| PIPER | Artist John Egerton Christmas who painted The Englishman's Home for the Festival of Britain, designed stained glass and collaborated with John Betjeman, Geoffrey Grigson and Ben Nicholson, among other |
| EVANS | Political pundit Rowland |
| VIOLA | Simon Rowland-Jones's instrument |
