| TIERNEY | Actress who plays Helen Solloway in The Affair, Maura ___ (7) |
| WEST | Dominic _, starred as Noah Solloway in The Affair |
| NEGGA | Actress who plays Helen Webb in Black Doves, _ Knightley (5) |
| ER | Series for Maura _ Tierney |
| NOAH | Dominic West's role in Sky Atlantic drama The Affair, ---- Solloway (4) |
| DOMINIC | Actor who starred in The Affair and The Crown, ___ West (7) |
| LAMOTTE | Comtesse de ___ ___ was involved in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, a scandal at the court of Louis XVI in 1785 (2,5) |
| BEECHAM | Emily _, actress who plays Maura Franklin in 1899 (7) |
| MATTERS | Has an important role to play in the affairs of (7) |
| OLDLADY | Noctuid moth, Mormo maura ; or, when capitalised, the Bank of England's truncated nickname (3,4) |
| SAMURAI | Swordsman where Maura is |
| MARIEANTOINETTE | Queen involved in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace |
| JOSHUAJACKSON | Canadian actor who co-stars in "The Affair" |
| IRRITATE | In the affair Rita tends to cause annoyance (8) |
| MATTER | He gets terribly involved in the affair |
| WASTE | One concerned in the affair of a thrash (5) |
| OIL | What features highly in the US's interest in the affairs of other countries? (3) |
| MAURA | Actress who played Maura Isles in Rizzoli & Isles, _ Alexander (5) |
| TOLKIEN | Author who wrote "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards" |
| LAISSEZFAIRE | Indifference, or noninterference, especially in the affairs of others (7,5) |
