| RANDOLPHSCOTT | Actor specialising in cowboy roles, such as in Ride the High Country (8,5) |
| SCOTT | US actor whose film roles included Gil Westrum in Ride The High Country (5) |
| RANDOLPH | US actor whose film roles included Gil Westrum in Ride The High Country (8) |
| TRAGEDIAN | Type of actor specialising in roles like King Lear (9) |
| SERKIS | Actor best known for motion capture roles such as Gollum in leLord of the Rings and Caesar in Planet of the Apes. (6) |
| JOELMCCREA | "Ride the High Country" costar |
| THELONERANGER | Clayton Moore's famous cowboy role: 1949-57 |
| BENCARTWRIGHT | Lorne Greene's famous cowboy role: 1959-73 |
| LEEVANCLEEN | American actor noted for his western roles, such as Colonel Mortimer in For a Few Dollars More (3,3,5) |
| JOBS | Word for careers, duties or roles, such as those derogatively described as "for the boys"; or, chores, errands or tasks generally (4) |
| TRAGEDIENNE | Actress who specialises in roles such as Ophelia (11) |
| TIBET | Tramping is backbreaking every time initially in the high country here (5) |
| TBARS | Towers in the high country? |
| ALPS | A learner has afterthought in the high country |
| ALPINE | Does Coral pine internally for the high country? (6) |
| BONDGIRL | 007 movie role such as Pussy Galore or Xenia Onatopp : 2 wds. |
| RIDE | ___ the High Country |
| CHEF | General word for a professional cook, or one with a specialist role such as entremetier, garde manger, patissier, poissonier or saucier (4) |
| ICECUBE | Rapper/actor who starred in "Ride Along": 2 wds. |
| REPRIMANDED | Quietly man in ride is taken in by Red and publicly reproved (11) |