| SCARLETT | Actress portraying Natasha Romano aka Black Widow (8,9) |
| JOHANSSON | Actress portraying Natasha Romano aka Black Widow (8,9) |
| NATASHA | Romanoff, aka Black Widow, who's a member of the Avengers |
| YELENA | ___ Belova, aka Black Widow |
| CAPLAN | Actress portraying Annie Wilkes in Stephen King series Castle Rock, Lizzy - (6) |
| BETH | Actress portraying Ruby in Emmerdale (4) |
| CORDINGLY | Actress portraying Ruby in Emmerdale (9) |
| ANNA | _ Passey, Holtyoaks actress portraying Martha Blake's unfortunate relative Sienna (4) |
| NAYLOR | Billie _, Corrie actress portraying Ruby Dobbs (6) |
| CHADWICK | Late actor who played T'Challa aka Black Panther (8,7) |
| BOSEMAN | Late actor who played T'Challa aka Black Panther (8,7) |
| LENTILS | Urad dal aka black ___ |
| RUDBECKIA | Genus of plant aka black-eye Susan and coneflower (9) |
| BET | Aka Black Entertainment Television. |
| MAUREEN | ___ Lipman, veteran actress portraying Tyrone's grandmother Evelyn Plummer in Coronation Street (7) |
| NIA | ___ Long, US actress portraying Michael Jackson's mother Katherine in an upcoming biopic film (3) |
| EERO | First name of the architect of NYC'S CBS Building, aka "Black Rock" |
| NIGER | Species of 'Christmas rose' aka 'Black hellebore' referring to its root colour (5) |
| EWE | Source of the milk for Romano cheese |
| EWES | Their milk is used to make pecorino Romano cheese |
