| SELFEXAMINATION | Alex in manifesto redefined soul-searching (4-11) |
| CATE | _ Blanchett, plays many roles in Manifesto (4) |
| TYPO | Error in manifesto perhaps attributed to party politics (4) |
| SINGININTHERAIN | Song ominously sung by Alex in A Clockwork Orange (6,2,3,4) |
| FEATHEREDFRIEND | The RAF redefined loosely as an 'ally with wings' (9,6) |
| JEREMYSIMS | "Backa" Burke in Fireflies and Alex in Chances (6,4) |
| ADAMZWAR | Star of Wilfred and Alex in Lowdown (4,4) |
| INTROSPECTION | Poetic sort in troubled new soul-searching (13) |
| SASH | Band has broken up after a bit of soul-searching (4) |
| ELISHA | Kim Bauer in 24 and Alex in Happy Endings, ... Cuthbert (6) |
| FARMIGA | Played Alex in 2010 movie Up in the Air, Vera ------- (7) |
| BIEL | Jessica - played Alex in I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (4) |
| CROSS | Alex in Kiss The Girls or Aaron in The Bourne Legacy (5) |
| SILVERLADY | Soul-searching chart-topper this, during Starsky and Hutch's stint on tv? (6,4) |
| JOHNLENNON | His deep soul-searching music defined the 1960s |
| SERMON | Speech that leads to some soul-searching |
| ANGUISH | Soul-searching but no closer to heartache (7) |
| DIGDEEP | Do some serious soul-searching |
| OLSON | Kaitlin ___ It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia actress who plays Alex in the 2023 film Champions |
| MCMULLEN | Minute to Win It host and Alex in House Husbands, Darren ... (8) |
