| HOLM | Actor Ian, who played the elder Baggins in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy |
| MCKELLEN | "Mr. Holmes" actor Ian who's been knighted |
| DEY | She played the elder Partridge sister |
| ELIJAH | First name of the actor who played Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy (6) |
| IANHOLM | British actor who played the hobbit Bilbo Baggins in The Lord Of The Rings trilogy (3,4) |
| WOOD | Elijah _, actor who played Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (4) |
| IAN | Actor who played Bilbo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings films, ... Holm (3) |
| ELIJAHWOOD | Actor who portrayed Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings: 2 wds. |
| BAGEND | Home of Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings |
| MARTIN | English actor who played Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit films, ... Freeman (6) |
| REED | Surname of DCI Ian who appeared in the first series of Luther (4) |
| FREEMAN | Martin - - -, actor who starred as Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit, pictured left (7) |
| THORPE | Ian, who broke the world record in the 400-meter freestyle |
| STEWART | Original pianist of the band Ian who later became the band's tour manager |
| STING | Sword belonging to Bilbo and Frodo Baggins in JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (5) |
| MARTINFREEMAN | Bilbo Baggins in the 2012 film The Hobbit (6,7) |
| BILBO | Martin Freeman played ____ Baggins in The Hobbit films |
| HOBBIT | Creature such as Frodo Baggins in Lord of the Rings (6) |
| PETER | Son of Ian who recently returned to Albert Square from Devon (5,5) |
| MCEWAN | Ian who received a royal honor in 2023 for his services to literature |