| GATISS | Actor and writer for Doctor Who and Sherlock, Mark - (6) |
| MOFFAT | Doctor Who and Sherlock writer Steven gets very loud in defensive ditch (6) |
| STEVENMOFFAT | Doctor Who and Sherlock writer (6,6) |
| NADIYA | --- Hussain, The Great British Bake Off winner and writer for The Times Magazine |
| BBC | Original airer of "Doctor Who" and "Sherlock" |
| IBSEN | Dramatist and writer for children almost returned (5) |
| DALEKS | Shady deals around King's Head for Doctor Who's enemies (6) |
| FRENCH | Comedian, actor and writer who played the vicar of Dibley (4,6) |
| SLEUTH | Produced Hustle and Sherlock Holmes, for example (6) |
| ANDREW | ___ Scott, Fleabag and Sherlock actor (6) |
| CLEESE | English comic actor and writer, b. 1939 (6) |
| WILTON | Actor and writer run off together, reaching different town around 1.50 (8,6) |
| BEATTY | Warren _, Oscar-nominated director, producer, actor and writer (6) |
| CORDEN | James _, Gavin & Stacey actor and writer (6) |
| LAURIE | Hugh, comic actor and author who appeared in 1996 film 101 Dalmatians (6) |
| STUBBS | Actress in the first Worzel Gummidge series, The Worst Witch and Sherlock (6) |
| BILLIE | Doctor Who and Secret Diary of a Call Girl actress, ... Piper (6) |
| FREEMA | Martha Jones in Doctor Who and Torchwood, ... Agyeman (6) |
| OGILVY | Ian --, English actor and author of the children's novel 'Measle and the Wrathmonk' (6) |
| SVELTE | This elegant actor and author writes plays - creates "Oliver Twist" (6) |
