| HAENOW | Ben _, winner of the eleventh series of X Factor in 2014 (6) |
| MYERS | Tokio, British pianist who won the 11th series of Britain's Got Talent in 2017 (5) |
| HOGAN | Ben ___, winner of the 1948 US Open Championship in golf (5) |
| SHAYNE | Winner of the second series of X Factor, _ Ward (6) |
| WAGNER | Single-named Brazilian singer who wowed on the seventh series of X Factor (6) |
| CARDLE | Some discard letter from the winner of The X Factor in 2010, Matt (6) |
| LITTLE | ____ Mix, British girl group that won the eighth series of The X Factor in 2011 (6) |
| BAILEY | Sam, winner of The X Factor in 2013 (6) |
| ISAIAH | Winner of Australia's The X Factor in 2016, ------ Firebrace (6) |
| FLEUREAST | She came second on The X Factor in 2014 and took part in I'm A Celeb in 2018 and Strictly in 2022 (5,4) |
| WARD | Winner of the second series of X-Factor, Shayne _ (4) |
| AMELIA | Contestant on The X Factor in 2017, ------ Lily (6) |
| EDWARD | He came to fame with his twin brother John on The X Factor in 2009 (6) |
| EAST | See picture clue: Fleur ----, runner-up in The X Factor in 2014 (4) |
| ARTHUR | James _, won The X-Factor in 2012 (6) |
| MOMENTOFSILENCE | It's observed at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month: 3 wds. |
| ALEXANDRABURKE | British singer, winner of the fifth series of The X Factor in 2008 (9,5) |
| LEONA | Winner of the third series of The X Factor in 2006, ----- Lewis (5) |
| STEWART | Patrick _, Professor X in a series of X-Men films (7) |
| LASTMINUTE | Ultimate solution on vacation to change at the end of the eleventh hour? (4,6) |
