| OKONEDO | Actress whose TV credits include The Escape Artist, Sophie _ (7) |
| ARTERTON | Gemma _, English actor whose film credits include The Escape and 2021 spy thriller The King's Man (8) |
| HOUDINI | The stage name of the escape artist Erik Weisz (7) |
| ELLIOTT | Sam ___, actor whose TV credits include The Ranch and 1883 (7) |
| ROBLOWE | US actor whose TV credits include The West Wing, Parks and Recreation and 9-1-1: Lone Star (3,4) |
| LEAKAGE | The escape of water or other fluid from a hole in a vessel (7) |
| CHIMNEY | Word for a fireplace or furnace originally, later a stack for the escape of said hearth's fumes and smoke (7) |
| OUTLINE | Sketch of the escape route? (7) |
| HHH | Initials-sharers of the escape artist who died October 31st, 1926 |
| EARWIGS | Rudely swearing after the escape of new bugs |
| TIEDUPINAMEETING | The escape artist was ___ |
| GARAI | Romola _, British actress whose TV credits include The Hour and The Miniaturist (5) |
| LARA | _ Pulver, actor whose TV credits include The City and the City and The Split (4) |
| CHRISTINE | Actress whose TV credits include The Good Wife and The Big Bang Theory, ___ Baranski (9) |
| ISLA | ___ Blair, actress whose TV credits include The Advocates and When The Boat Comes In (4) |
| ELUDERS | Escape artists, say |
| SEWELL | Rufus _, actor whose TV credits include The Man in the High Castle (6) |
| KEELEY | _ Hawes, actress whose TV credits include The Durrells (6) |
| FELICITY | Actress whose TV credits include The Good Life and Rosemary & Thyme, _ Kendal (8) |
| EDIE | _ Falco, actress whose TV credits include The Sopranos and Oz (4) |
