| MAUREENLIPMAN | Actress who played Beatrice Bellman in a series of British Telecom advertisements |
| COMA | Telecom advertisements conceal a degree of insensibility |
| ACKER | Amy ?, US actress who played Beatrice in 2012 comedy-drama film Much Ado About Nothing |
| AMYACKER | US actress who played Beatrice in 2012 comedy-drama film Much Ado About Nothing (3,5) |
| EMMA | Thompson who played Beatrice in a 1993 adaptation of "Much Ado About Nothing" |
| NURSE | Carry on -----, the second of a series of British comedy films (5) |
| EGON | ____ Ronay, Hungarian-born food critic who published a series of British restaurant guides (4) |
| CARRYON | A series of British films that starred Sid James and Kenneth Williams (5,2) |
| ROBINASKWITH | Actor who starred as Timothy Lea in the 1970s Confessions series of British comedy films |
| BRUNET | The old symbol in British Telecom for a brown-headed boy (6) |
| BEREFT | Deprived by death of free distribution in British Telecom (6) |
| CRIER | Word for a weeper; a shouter; a street hawker; or, a town's bellman or bellwoman heralding "oyezes" (5) |
| ROBIN | Actor who starred as Timothy Lea in the 1970s Confessions series of British comedy films (5,7) |
| DEBT | Outstanding payment of French and British Telecom (4) |
| CONTEMPTIBLE | Shabby British Telecom in complete mess |
| INDIA | Huge problems arose when British Telecom moved its directory enquiry service to where? (5) |
| BELL | Ring British Telecom's second and third line (4) |
| LEVERAGE | 2008-12 drama series starring Timothy Hutton and Gina Bellman (8) |
| TOWNCRIER | Public official historically also known as a bellman |
| CARRYINGON | Low-budget series of British pictures admits gin cocktail is best enjoyed behind wife's back (8,2) |
