| SIDOWEN | Actor who played Ricky in EastEnders (3,4) |
| OWEN | Actor who played Ricky in EastEnders, Sid _ (4) |
| SID | ___ Owen, actor who played Ricky in Eastenders (3) |
| DESI | He played Ricky in early TV |
| JACKSON | Surname of Bianca Butcher before she married Ricky in EastEnders (7) |
| MRARNAZ | Formal way of addressing Desi, who played Ricky Ricardo in I Love Lucy (2,5) |
| DESIARNAZ | Cuban-born American actor who played Ricky Ricardo in the 1950s American sitcom I Love Lucy (4,5) |
| CARELL | Steve, U.S. actor who played Ricky Gervais's counterpart in the U.S. version of The Office (6) |
| RICARDO | Desi Arnaz played Lucille Ball's frazzled husband Ricky ... in I Love Lucy |
| SAL | Aunt ___, gobby great aunt of Ricky in EastEnders (3) |
| UNCLES | Relations that Grant and Phil are to teen babydaddy Ricky in EastEnders (6) |
| BELLEW | Tony, Liverpudlian boxer who played Ricky Conlan in the 2016 film Creed (6) |
| HUGHPADDICK | Beyond Our Ken star who played Ricky Livid |
| ARNAZ | Desi who played Ricky Ricardo |
| HIFIS | They played Ricky Nelson and Bobby Darin |
| ERIN | *She played Ricky Schroder's stepmom on "Silver Spoons" |
| NORWOOD | Surname of Ricky, EastEnders actor who came second on Celebrity Big Brother in 2016 and a contestant on Dancing On Ice in 2024 (7) |
| GERVAIS | Actor who played David Brent in The Office, Ricky _ (7) |
| PONTING | Ricky, Australia batsman who scored 144 against England in 2001 (7) |
| BASSETT | Mike, football manager played by Ricky Tomlinson in a 2001 film (7) |
