| STEVE | DS Clive Bottomley in DI Ray (5,4) |
| ORAM | DS Clive Bottomley in DI Ray (5,4) |
| WHYTE | Pam Bottomley in Sherwood (8,5) |
| SHARLENE | Pam Bottomley in Sherwood (8,5) |
| SAM | DC Liam Payne in DI Ray (3,5-5) |
| BAKERJONES | DC Liam Payne in DI Ray (3,5-5) |
| DRUMMOND | Suzie Chapman in DI Ray (6,8) |
| LAUREN | Suzie Chapman in DI Ray (6,8) |
| FINANCIALTIMES | Daily newspaper founded in 1888 by James Sheridan and Horatio Bottomley |
| PARMINDER | ___ Nagra, DI Ray star (9) |
| NAGRA | Maternal and DI Ray actress, Parminder _ (5) |
| JOSEPHINE | --------- Jobert, played DS Florence Cassell in Death in Paradise (9) |
| SHANAGHER | DS Karen Hobson in The Bay (4,9) |
| ELIZABETH | DS Clare Conway in Virdee (9,10) |
| HYDRAULIC | Like the suspension, brakes, steering, etc of the Citroen DS (9) |
| CITROENCX | Successor to the DS (7,2) |
| CHIHUAHUA | D's life-force lines lost in Hawaiian dance (9) |
| MACINTYRE | Scottish golfer; winner of the 2020 Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Showdown and 2022 DS Automobiles Italian Open tournaments (6,9) |
| FATCHANTS | Heavy D's unlikely rap hits? |
| ENERGIZER | Maker of a lot of C's and D's |
