| KNOX | Barbara _, actress who plays Rita in Coronation Street (4) |
| BARBARA | Actor who plays Rita in Corrie, ----- -- Knox (7) |
| BACH | Barbara ___, actress who played Major Anya Amasova in 1977 action film The Spy Who Loved Me (4) |
| BAIN | Barbara ___, actress who played Cinnamon Carter in US television series Mission: Impossible (4) |
| EDEN | Barbara _, actress who played Jeannie in I Dream Of Jeannie (4) |
| CHLOE | __ Howman, actress who plays Rita Freeman in Casualty (5) |
| ANDIE | ___ MacDowell Green Card actress who plays Rita Hanson in the 1993 film Groundhog Day |
| DENNIS | Husband of Rita in Coronation Street (6,6) |
| WINDSOR | Barbara ___, actress who played Maggie in 1963 comedy-drama film Sparrows Can't Sing (7) |
| LASHANA | _ Lynch, plays Rita Marley in Bob Marley: One Love (7) |
| FINNERAN | Siobhan ?, actress who played Rita in 1986 comedy-drama film Rita, Sue and Bob Too |
| UNASTUBBS | Actress who played Rita in BBC TV sitcom Till Death Us Do Part |
| STUBBS | Una -, actress who played Rita in BBC TV sitcom Till Death Us Do Part |
| UNA | Actress who played Rita in BBC TV sitcom Till Death Us Do Part (3,6) |
| IRRITATED | Tired in a way ringing Rita in a bad mood (9) |
| TRAINEE | One in education originally named after Rita in play |
| STAIRWELL | Poor Rita in grand space in large building (9) |
| MATRIARCH | Dominant old lady upsets Rita in time (9) |
| AUTHORITARIAN | Domineering writer embraces Rita in front of Ian |
| EDUCATING | Michael teaching Rita in film? (9) |
