| HAYDEN | Actress who plays country singer Juliette Barnes in TV series Nashville, ___ Panettiere (6) |
| CLARE | _ Bowen, star of US series Nashville (5) |
| CONNIEBRITTON | She plays country singer Rayna on 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| GAMELAN | Play country in short Indonesian band (7) |
| PYGMALION | Play country in Africa - no trouble over touring (9) |
| ELAMAY | ___ ___ Demircan, actress who plays young Leah Barnes in Hollyoaks (3,3) |
| DIGGER | Nickname of the character Willard Barnes in the TV series Dallas |
| PAMELA | __ Ewing, wife of John Ross and daughter of villain Cliff Barnes in Dallas (6) |
| BENNET | Surname of cheerleader Claire in 2000s US drama Heroes, played by Hayden Panettiere (6) |
| HEROES | TV series starring Hayden Panettiere |
| BROOKE | Played Grace Barnes in Wonderland (------ Satchwell) |
| DENISE | & 18 Down Wilmslow actress, best known as Natalie Barnes in Corrie and Steph Haydock in Waterloo Road; she was married to actor Tim Healey, and is mum to Matt, lead singer with the 1975 (6,5) |
| DENISEWELCH | Actress and television personality who played Natalie Barnes in Coronation Street (6,5) |
| SEBASTIAN | Portrays Bucky Barnes in the TV series Falcon & Winter Soldier, - Stan (9) |
| SEBASTIANSTAN | a "The Apprentice" actor who plays Bucky Barnes in "Thunderbolts" |
| KERCHEVAL | Ken ?, actor who played Cliff Barnes in US television soap Dallas (9) |
| EMPTY | "We'd both been to the country and found it disappointingly ____" (Julian Barnes, in Metroland) |
| STAN | Actor who played Bucky Barnes in The Falcon And The Winter Soldier, Sebastian _ (4) |
| TOMBERENGER | "Gettysburg" actor who played Staff Sergeant Barnes in "Platoon": 2 wds. |
| DORIANGRAY | 2009 film drama starring Ben Barnes in the title role (6,4) |
