| HENDRY | A leading Scottish potter (6) |
| DAMASCUS | Barrier a leading Scottish copper's constructed in capital (8) |
| RSNO | Ron's composed for this leading Scottish music ensemble (1,1,1,1) |
| SPLASH | Disturbance on the water's surface caused by a diver or the launch of a ship; a leading front-page story; or, a film about a mermaid (6) |
| ACCOST | Waylay a leading candidate, at a price (6) |
| GAYNOR | Janet ___, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for A Star is Born (6) |
| CASINO | 1995 film drama for which Sharon Stone was a Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee (6) |
| ROBERT | Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Chaplin (6,6,2) |
| GINGER | Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar winner for Kitty Foyle (6,6) |
| MARLON | Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for On the Waterfront (6,6) |
| AZALEA | A shrub from La Paz, a leading city in botanic gardens (6) |
| AMOEBA | A leading entertainer in The Wild Bunch is a parasite (6) |
| SCARAB | In the main, staff have a rating for a leading sailor (6) |
| PAGODA | A pooch with a leading pedigree returning to temple? (6) |
| SCHOOL | Dan, a leading thespian from Cold Ashton, is setting up a place where students will study drama (6) |
| BOLLOW | This wool is processed by a leading business in East Cornwall, and then distributed from a place near Chaxhill (6) |
| CASTER | The two factories on the outskirts of Stogumber were built by a leading company -- they produce a type of sugar (6) |
| BERTHA | I got this unusual red top at a leading emporium in Bath -- it has a deep, lacy collar (6) |
| TODBER | After my son, a leading author, left Broadstone, he moved to a place near East Stour (6) |
| REAGAN | Shakespearean role overwhelming a leading actor, once? (6) |
