| WATERLOOROAD | BBC TV drama series set in Rochdale and latterly Greenock (8,4) |
| FIELDS | Gracie, actress and music hall star born in Rochdale in 1898 (6) |
| GEORGEGALLOWAY | Scottish politician who lost his seat five months after winning it in Rochdale (6,8) |
| RASE | Rip down, in Rochdale |
| SWEETSIXTEEN | 2002 Greenock-set Ken Loach film (5,7) |
| GRACIEFIELDS | Rochdale-born actress, singer and comedienne made a Dame in 1979 |
| GRANGEHILL | TV drama series set in a school in the fictional borough of Northam (6,4) |
| GAMEOFTHRONES | Epic fantasy US TV drama series set in the land of Westeros that first aired in 2011 (4,2,7) |
| BREAKINGBAD | Ex-student Jesse Pinkman is a character in this TV drama series set in New Mexico (8,3) |
| HEART | TV drama series set in Africa, Wild at ___ (5) |
| BERGERAC | BBC TV drama series set on Jersey |
| CHAPARRAL | The High ___, Western TV drama series set in Arizona starring Leif Erickson (9) |
| DOWNSTAIRS | Upstairs, ___, TV drama series set in Belgravia featuring the Bellamy family (10) |
| DAGNALL | Chris ....... , 2006-10 Rochdale and 2016-18 Crewe striker (7) |
| RAFFERTY | Joe, Rotherham, 2012-19 Rochdale and 2022-24 Portsmouth defender (8) |
| NEWBY | Alex, Altrincham, 2020-22 Rochdale and 2022-24 Colchester midfielder (5) |
| WHITEHALL | Steve ___, 1991-1997 Rochdale and 1997-1998 Mansfield Town striker (9) |
| CROSS | David , ,_, 1989-1971 Rochdale and 1977-1982 West Ham striker (5) |
| KINGDOM | Television drama series set in Norfolk with Stephen Fry as a country solicitor and Hermione Norris as his half-sister (7) |
| CASUALTY | TV drama series set at Holby General Hospital (8) |
