| OGDEN | Corrie icon Hilda's husband, played by Bernard Youens for 20 years (4,5) |
| STAN | And 38D Corrie icon Hilda's husband, played by Bernard Youens for 20 years (4,5) |
| STANOGDEN | Character played by Bernard Youens in Coronation Street from 1964 to 1984 |
| SUSPICION | Joan Fontaine won an Oscar portraying a wife who believes her husband, played by Cary Grant, is tryi |
| ELIZABETH | Emmerdale actress who has played Diane Sugden for 20 years (9,8) |
| CHARLOTTE | Emmerdale actress who has played Gabby's stepmum Laurel for 20 years (9,7) |
| VANWINKLE | 1819 short story by Washington Irving about a man who sleeps for 20 years (3,3,6) |
| VICENNIAL | ... can live in Mobile for twenty years |
| ROB | Laura Petrie's husband, played by Dick Van Dyke on his self-titled sitcom |
| ORSON | Bree's second husband, played by Kyle MacLachlan, in Desperate Housewives (5) |
| GEMMA | Lewis' partner in House Husbands, played by Julia Morris (5) |
| DEIRDRE | Corrie icon played by Anne Kirkbride (7) |
| WILF | ____ Mott, grandfather of Donna Noble played by Bernard Cribbins in Doctor Who (4) |
| MOTT | Wilfred ___, Doctor Who character played by Bernard Cribbins (4) |
| BARBARA | ___ Knox, Corrie icon who plays Rita Tanner (7) |
| BARRIE | Surname of Amanda who played Alma in Corrie on and off for 20 years (6) |
| MEARA | Anne whose real-life husband played her ex on "Rhoda" |
| ENA | _ Sharples, straight-talking original Corrie icon (3) |
| VERA | ___ Duckworth, Elizabeth Dawn's Corrie icon (4) |
| GRAMMER | He played the same character for 20 years |
