| JUDIDENCH | British acting Dame who starred in Belfast with Kenneth Branagh (4,5) |
| JUDI | ___ Dench, acting Dame who works regularly with Kenneth Branagh - most recently she was directed by him in Artemis Fowl (4) |
| FAB | Let's leave Belfast with local dandy (3) |
| FLAB | Set off from Belfast with spare tyre (4) |
| FLABBERGASTS | Astounds Belfast with brags, crazy |
| JOHNMILLS | British acting great whose daughters Hayley and Juliet were also in the industry |
| KENNELLED | In the doghouse with Kenneth, Eleanor and the editor (9) |
| BROKENARM | Short quarrel with Kenneth in public house and first mate leads to fracture (6,3) |
| GLENISTER | British acting brothers Philip and Robert _ (9) |
| GOLDMEDAL | Won by some old dame who couldn't quite get a leg in (4,5) |
| MANNING | Author whose Fortunes of War novels were adapted into a series with Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson (7) |
| COPE | Deal with Kenneth, who starred in Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (4) |
| GREGSON | John ___, English actor best known for his role in the 1953 film Genevieve in which he starred with Kenneth More, Dinah Sheridan and Kay Kendall |
| EMMA | Phantom Menace's opening shot with some British acting talent (4,8) |
| THOMPSON | Phantom Menace's opening shot with some British acting talent (4,8) |
| ANNEKARICE | Treasure Hunt co-host (with Kenneth Kendall), replaced in 1988 by Annabel Croft |
| EVANS | Edith ---, acting dame associated with the role of Wilde's Lady Bracknell |
| ANGELA | Murder, She Wrote acting Dame, Lansbury, can be seen in orange lace (6) |
| EQUITY | The trade union of the British acting profession |
| THORA | Actress, dame, who died in 2003 (5,4) |