| DIANAHODDINOTT | Actress who played Jim Hacker's wife Annie in Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister |
| EDDINGTON | Paul - - -, actor who played Jim Hacker in Yes Minister (9) |
| HACKER | Jim ____ was played by Paul Eddington in Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister |
| HUMPHREYAPPLEBY | Knighted mandarin played by Nigel Hawthorne in Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister (8,7) |
| BERNARD | Who did Derek Fowlds play in TV's Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister? (7) |
| ANTONYJAY | Co-author, with Jonathan Lynn, of the TV series Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister who was knighted in 1988 |
| PAULEDDINGTON | Played Jim Hacker in Yes Minister (4,9) |
| SAWALHA | Surname shared by sisters Julia, who played Saffy in AbFab, and Nadia, who played Annie in EastEnders (7) |
| PAUL | English actor who played titular politician Jim Hacker in the sitcoms Yes Minister (1980-1984) (4) |
| SYMPTOM | Yes Prime Minister returns in most awkward feature (7) |
| HEAP | Surname of Mark who played Jim Bell in Friday Night Dinner and Robert Greene in Upstart Crow (4) |
| FOWLDS | Derek, actor who appeared in the television series Yes Minister and Heartbeat (6) |
| LSE | Alma mater of Jim Hacker in Yes, Minister (3) |
| SCARFE | Illustrator who designed/directed the animation for Pink Floyd's film The Wall and created the opening title sequences for Yes Minister and its sequel (6) |
| NIGELHAWTHORNE | Yes, Prime Minister actor (5,9) |
| MAY | Abrupt chap on Yes, Prime Minister |
| RACHELMCADAMS | "Spotlight" actress who plays Annie in "Game Night": 2 wds. |
| HAWTHORNE | Sir Nigel ___, actor who played Sir Humphrey Appleby in Yes Minister (9) |
| BIGGS | Jason ___, actor who played Jim Levenstein in 1999 film comedy American Pie (5) |
| ALAN | New Zealand-born actor who played Jim Robinson in Australian television soap Neighbours (4,4) |
