| JENSEN | Ashley ----, actress born in Annan (6) |
| NANNA | Dad's mum is in Annan, utterly upset (5) |
| ANON | Briefly, duck unsettles North American in Annan (4) |
| KARLIN | Miriam ****** , actress born in Hampstead in 1925 (6) |
| MOREAU | Jeanne, French actress born in 1928 noted for her roles in French New Wave films of the 1960s (6) |
| ELAINE | ____ Paige, English singer and actress born in 1948 noted for her work in musical theatre (6) |
| RIVERS | Joan, US comedienne and actress born in New York in 1933 (6) |
| ROBSON | Flora, stage and screen actress born in South Shields in 1902 (6) |
| SHEILA | ____ Hancock, actress born in 1933 and made a dame in 2021 (6) |
| STREEP | Meryl --, US actress born in New Jersey (6) |
| SHEENA | Miss Easton, Scottish singer/ actress born in 1959 (6) |
| SUZMAN | Janet, South African actress born in 1939 (6) |
| EASTON | Sheena, singer/actress born in 1959 (6) |
| EARTHA | Miss Kitt, singer/actress born in North, South Carolina (6) |
| DIONNE | ___ Warwick, singer and actress born in 1940 (6) |
| NICOLA | Bridgerton actress born in Galway, Ireland, _ Coughlan (6) |
| HARLOW | Jean, U.S. actress born in 1911 nicknamed The Blonde Bombshell (6) |
| LUMLEY | Joanna, English actress born in 1946 noted for her campaigning for Gurkhas' rights (6) |
| STYLER | Trudie ___, actress born in 1954, who is married to Sting (6) |
| KIDMAN | Actress born in Honolulu, surprisingly |
