| EDGARJONES | Daisy ---, actress who starred in the BBC adaptation of Sally Rooney’s Normal People |
| ATRIGHTANGLES | I see complications involving trigonometry — that’s normal in maths |
| RUTHWILSON | Actress who played Mrs Coulter in the BBC adaptation of His Dark Materials |
| LYRA | Dafne Keen's character in the BBC adaptation of His Dark Materials, _ Belacqua (4) |
| LAURIELEE | English author voiced by Timothy Spall in the BBC adaptation of Cider with Rosie (6,3) |
| RIDLEY | Daisy, actress who played Rey in the Star Wars sequel trilogy (6) |
| HAGGARD | Daisy, actress who plays Ally Grant in TV dark comedy series Breeders (7) |
| JESSICATANDY | "Driving Miss Daisy" actress who played 15-Across in the original 1940s stage production of "A Streetcar Named Desire": 2 wds. |
| ROB | Welsh actor who voices various characters in the BBC adaptations of Julia Donaldson's books, - Brydon (3) |
| HOT | Olivia Colman, who was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, co-starred in the police comedy ... Fuzz and will play Madame Thernardier in the new BBC adaptation of ... Miserables (3,3) |
| ERIC | - Porter, actor who played the lead role in the 1967 BBC adaptation of The Forsyte Saga novels (4) |
| SIANPHILLIPS | Welsh actress who played Livia in the 1976 BBC adaptation of Robert Graves's I, Claudius |
| SHEDEVIL | Julie T Wallace starred in the BBC dramatisation of Fay Weldon's The Life and Loves of a ____ |
| ANTONYSHER | ____ played Howard Kirk in the 1981 BBC adaptation of Malcolm Bradbury's The History Man |
| SCOFIELD | Actor who played the title role in the 1994 BBC adaptation of Martin Chuzzlewit, Paul _ (8) |
| REES | Angharad ___, actress who played Demelza in the 1970s BBC adaptation of Poldark (4) |
| ROOT | Amanda ___, actress who played Anne Elliot in the 1995 BBC adaptation of Persuasion (4) |
| BISSET | English actress who starred in the BBC miniseries Dancing on the Edge, Jacqueline - (6) |
| AIDANTURNER | Irish actor whose roles include Ross Poldark in the most recent BBC adaptation of Poldark and Kili in The Hobbit film series |
| LAERTES | Relates disturbingly to David Robb's role in 1980 BBC adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet (7) |
