| SANDRAOH | Actress who left "Grey's Anatomy" in 2014 |
| MALPIGHI | Italian physiologist who founded the science of microscopic anatomy in 1661, discovering the alveoli, capillaries etc. (8,8) |
| MARCELLO | And 37 Italian physiologist who founded the science of microscopic anatomy in 1661, discovering the alveoli, capillaries etc. (8,8) |
| CLERGY | Crowned head left Grey to form his ministry (6) |
| LETHARGY | Left grey hat that's crumpled, showing torpor (8) |
| GHASTLY | Very pale green at first, have you left grey at the end? |
| MEGANFOX | Transformers actress who left Twitter in 2013 saying she thought it was pointless: 2 wds. |
| EMMASTONE | La La Land actress who left Twitter in 2013 after her account was hacked: 2 wds. |
| RUBYROSE | Orange Is the New Black actress who left Twitter in 2018 because of online abuse: 2 wds. |
| LYSETTE | Krull actress who left the cast of Hollyoaks, _ Anthony (7) |
| BRIDGET | _ Fonda, Single White Female actress who left the limelight to concentrate on her family (7) |
| SEAN | Son of Dan Spencer who left Emmerdale in 2014 (4) |
| MAURICIOPOCHETTINO | Manager who left Southampton to take over at Tottenham Hotspur in 2014 (8,10) |
| LENO | Jay who left "The Tonight Show" in 2014 |
| JOJO | Who left his home in Tucson, Arizona, in a Beatles tune |
| WAYNECAREY | Kangaroos star who left in disgrace in 2002 (5,5) |
| RUTH | In the Old Testament, a Moabite woman who left her own people to remain with her mother-in-law Naomi (4) |
| SIMONPEGG | Shaun of the Dead star who left Twitter in 2014 saying it just wasn't for him: 2 wds. |
| WYMAN | Who left the Rolling Stones in 1992 after thirty years in the band? (5) |
| CHRISLESLIE | Former Labour MP for Shipley and Nottingham East who left the party in protest at the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn in 2019 |
