| ROSSITER | Actor who played Rupert Rigsby in Rising Damp, Leonard _ (8) |
| LANDLORD | Darn doll upset Rigsby in Rising Damp, say (8) |
| LEONARDROSSITER | Actor who starred as Rigsby in Rising Damp (7,8) |
| DELATOUR | Frances _ _ _, played Miss Ruth Jones in Rising Damp (2,2,4) |
| HEAD | Anthony ?, actor who played Rupert Giles in US television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (4) |
| ANTHONYHEAD | English actor who played Rupert Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| RIDDANCE | Removal firm uncovered rising damp, chiefly on steps (8) |
| RIGSBY | Surname of Rupert, landlord in Rising Damp played by Leonard Rossiter (6) |
| DAMP | Leonard Rossiter played tight-fisted landlord Rigsby in this (Rising ----) |
| FRANCES | First name of Ms De La Tour who played Miss Jones in Rising Damp and Violet in Vicious (7) |
| DONWARRINGTON | Trinidadian British actor best known for playing Philip Smith in Rising Damp and Commissioner Selwyn Patterson in Death in Paradise |
| TOUR | Frances de la -; English actress who played Miss Ruth Jones in Rising Damp (4) |
| FRANCESDELATOUR | Actress who played Miss Jones in Rising Damp (7,2,2,4) |
| VIENNA | Rigsby's cat in 'Rising Damp' (6) |
| WARRINGTON | Don ____ played Philip Smith in Rising Damp |
| RISINGDAMP | Sitcom starring Leonard Rossiter as landlord Rupert Rigsby |
| WET | Note Warrington's debut in Rising Damp (3) |
| OWAIN | Wayne Rigsby in The Mentalist, ... Yeoman (5) |
| DON | and 7dn, Trinidad-born actor who played Philip in ITV sitcom Rising Damp (3,10) |
| MALCOLMMCDOWELL | He played Rupert Murdoch in the 2019 movie "Bombshell" |