| DICKSON | Barbara -, singer-actress who played Anita Braithwaite in ITV drama series Band of Gold |
| SARAH | Actress who played Sarah Braithwaite in ITV series At Home with the Braithwaites (5,5) |
| CHURM | Sarah ?, actress who played Sarah Braithwaite in ITV series At Home with the Braithwaites (5) |
| MORENO | Rita, Puerto Rican actress who played Anita in the 1962 film version of West Side Story (6) |
| SMART | Sarah ___, actress who played Virginia Braithwaite in 2000s ITV series At Home with the Braithwaites |
| CHAN | Actress who played Anita/Mia in Humans, Gemma ___ (4) |
| EASY | Designation given to E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the book and TV series Band of Brothers (4) |
| RING | A band of gold or silver, sometimes set with gems; an "elf circle" of champignon mushrooms on a woodland floor; one of the concentric markings in the trunk of a tree; or, a disc of matter orbiting Sat |
| GOLD | First prize for 1990s TV series Band of .... (4) |
| GERALDINEJAMES | Star of TV drama Band of Gold, alongside Barbara Dickson, Cathy Tyson and Samantha Morton |
| FREDA | -- Payne, singer with hit 'Band of Gold' in 1970 (5) |
| FREDAPAYNE | American singer and actress best known for her 1970 hit single Band of Gold |
| RITAMORENO | She played Anita in "West Side Story" |
| PANDORA | ____ Braithwaite, love interest of Adrian Mole in his teenage diaries (7) |
| PAYNE | Surname of Band of Gold singer Freda (5) |
| ORCHESTRA | Band of gold artist put round part of the trunk |
| MELLOR | Kay - - -, writer of TV shows Band Of Gold and The Syndicate (6) |
| SPANDAUBALLET | Review pans a dull beat in Band of Gold (7,6) |
| HERRING | Girl's band of gold is red in order to divert attention (7) |
| ROYBARRACLOUGH | Actor who was Cissie Braithwaite alongside Les Dawson's Ada Shufflebotham |
