| RAEBURN | Anna ___, agony aunt who co-wrote the TV series Agony, starring Maureen Lipman |
| IRONSIDE | Virginia ___, agony aunt and author born in 1944 (8) |
| ALANPLATER | ____ wrote the TV series Trinity Tales, about a rugby league pilgrimage, including characters like the Wife of Batley |
| LAPLANTE | Lynda ____wrote the TV series Widows and Prime Suspect |
| AGONY | ITV sitcom starring Maureen Lipman that was co-created by Anna Raeburn (5) |
| ELLINGTON | Duke, jazz composer and bandleader who wrote the TV theme for The Asphalt Jungle (9) |
| AGONYAGAIN | Title of the 1995 reboot of the sitcom in which Maureen Lipman played Jane Lucas (5,5) |
| PIANIST | 'The ---', 2003 film starring Adrien Brody and Maureen Lipman (7) |
| ELTON | Ben, English comedian, actor and author who wrote the TV sitcom Upstart Crow (5) |
| BELLMAN | Beatrice ___ , fictitious character played by Maureen Lipman in TV adverts for British Telecom |
| ELLER | Aunt who sings part of "The Farmer and the Cowman" |
| ROD | Serling who wrote the TV script "Perchance to Dream" |
| LOACH | Director who wrote the television play Cathy Come Home and films including Kes and I, Daniel Blake (5) |
| ROSENTHAL | Jack ********* , English playwright who wrote the television play and subsequent musical 'Bar Mitzvah Boy' (9) |
| OLOGY | “You get an ____, you’re a scientist” (Maureen Lipman in 1980s BT advertising) |
| EVELYN | ___ Plummer, sharp-tongued Weatherfield woman played by Dame Maureen Lipman (6) |
| DAME | What Maureen Lipman or Joan Collins can put before their name (4) |
| OLOGISTS | Facetious term for scientists, such as Maureen Lipman aka Beattie Bellman's grandson, perhaps (8) |
| DANE | Title awarded to Come star Maureen Lipman in 2020 (4) |
| LETTICE | First name of the late Leo Cooper's literary aunt who wrote Blackberry's Kitten, Tea on Sunday and S |
