| HELENMIRREN | Actress who starred in the Prime Suspect series and The Queen (5, 6) |
| LAPLANTE | Lynda, actress/dramatist who created the Prime Suspect series of television dramas (2,6) |
| MAGGIESMITH | Actress who played the titular role in 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie' (1969) (6,5) |
| PIECE | Sounds like something you'd get from The Treaty and The Queen (5) |
| ALISON | Mrs Bennet in the TV Pride And Prejudice, actress ... Steadman made her stage debut in The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie in 1968 |
| TILDA | She plays the White Witch in the Chronicles of Narnia series and the Ancient One in Doctor Strange, - Swinton (5) |
| KINGSOLOMON | Bibilical ruler associated with wise judgement (and the Queen of Sheba) (4,7) |
| OLDER | Senior head of organisation with lord and the queen (5) |
| CATER | Supply Tom and the queen (5) |
| PIPER | He plays for Philip and the Queen (5) |
| UNDER | Subordinate to one duke and the queen (5) |
| INFER | Conclude with trendy female and the queen (5) |
| DETECTIVE | Dennis Potter wrote the screenplay for the successful BBC series and the 2003 film adaptation, The S |
| CSFORESTER | English writer who wrote the Horatio Hornblower series and The African Queen (1,1,8) |
| FROMRUSSIAWITHLOVE | The second in the James Bond film series, and the second to star Sean Connery |
| GOLDFINGER | The third film in the James Bond series, and the third to star Sean Connery |
| MARCIABLAINE | Girls' school in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (6,6) |
| MENATARMS | The 15th book in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, and the second about the AnkhMorpork City Watch (3,2,4) |
| FOYER | Lobby Claire & The Queen (5) |
| DEIONSANDERS | Only athlete to have played in both the World Series and the Super Bowl: 2 wds. |
