| SCANDAL | A very English one with Hugh Grant on BBC1 involved son and daughter in waterway (7) |
| EDGAR | Earl's son and daughter, in a fashion, flipped |
| SALADDAYS | Speaks about a son and daughter in musical (5,4) |
| AVENGER | A very English monarch, one seeking retribution (7) |
| WHISHAW | Ben _, played Norman Scott in A Very English Scandal (7) |
| RIVIERA | One drowned in waterway close to a European holiday area (7) |
| AVENGED | A very English journalist is vindicated (7) |
| SOLVENT | Very engaged in waterway, experiencing liquidity (7) |
| DRIVERS | Transport pilots in waterway linking delta and sierra (7) |
| DEFLATE | Let down with puncture in waterway (7) |
| ARCADIA | Principally, Achilles' heel dipped in waterway somewhere in Greece (7) |
| DOGTROT | Doctor Grant on vacation, ordered Charlie to go for jog (7) |
| EDASNER | Played Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (pictured) (2,5) |
| GRANT | Actor whose roles include Daniel Cleaver in Bridget Jones's Diary and Jeremy Thorpe in A Very English Scandal (5) |
| THORPE | Jeremy -; politician depicted by Hugh Grant in the television series A Very English Scandal (6) |
| SCARBOROUGH | English actor in Upstairs Downstairs and A Very English Scandal, Adrian ----------- (11) |
| HUGHGRANT | Star of Four Weddings And A Funeral, and A Very English Scandal (4,5) |
| SIRENS | Film with Hugh Grant and Sam Neil based on artist Norman Lindsay (6) |
| DREWBARRYMORE | Unexpected singer of Way Back Into Love in 2007's Music and Lyrics (with Hugh Grant): 2 wds. |
| HODGE | Actress in Rumpole of the Bailey, Miranda and A Very English Scandal (5) |