| WHITECHAPEL | Area of East London in which Jack the Ripper committed his crimes (11) |
| DAGENHAM | Large suburb of East London in which the Ford Motor Company opened a factory in 1931 |
| LULU | Opera in which Jack the Ripper is a character |
| BOWLS | Trunks, we hear, in which Jack's the centre of attention |
| CHARTTOPPER | Jack the Ripper was, according to Spooner, Top Of The Pops |
| MARSATTACKS | 1996 sci-fi comedy in which Jack Nicholson and Glenn Close play the president and first lady |
| AFEWGOODMEN | Military courtroom drama in which Jack Nicholson's character said Tom Cruise's couldn't handle the truth |
| ECHOBURNING | 2001 novel by Lee Child in which Jack Reacher helps a woman named Carmen: 2 wds. |
| NIGHTSCHOOL | 2016 novel by Lee Child in which Jack Reacher joins a mission to find a soldier who's cut a deal with a terrorisst: 2 wds. |
| GODISFIGURE | "Do your thing, Jack the Ripper"? |
| ISLE | District of East London, in the shadow of Canary Wharf (4,2,4) |
| OFDOGS | District of East London, in the shadow of Canary Wharf (4,2,4) |
| WAPPING | Area of East London to which Rupert Murdoch moved News International in 1986 (7) |
| ALDGATE | Area in the City of London in which the Bevis Marks synagogue is located (7) |
| ACNE | Spotty coverage in area of East London on phone network |
| CLACTON | Area of East London closely analogous to the E5 postcode district (7) |
| RAINBOW | Colourful display produced by artist in area of East London (7) |
| HACKNEYED | Overworked in area of East London by editor (9) |
| STEPNEY | Recall longing by favourite son in area of East London (7) |
| BOWOUT | Withdraw from part of East London in public (3,3) |
