| MAGGIE | Dame ___ Smith, English actress (6) |
| SHERIDAN | ____ Smith, English actress who played the title role in the 2014 TV drama series Cilla (8) |
| DELIA | _ _ _ _ _ Smith, English TV chef who is a joint majority shareholder at Norwich City FC (5) |
| EILEEN | Dame _ Atkins, actress (6) |
| IMELDA | Third actress to portray Queen Elizabeth in The Crown, Dame _ _ (6,8) |
| AGATHA | Renowned British writer of detective stories , Dame _ Christie (6) |
| MARGOT | Dame ___ Fonteyn, British ballerina, 1919-91 (6) |
| HILARY | Dame ___ Mantel, author of Wolf Hall (6) |
| ALICIA | Dame _ Markova, ballerina (6) |
| JOANNA | Dame _ Lumley, star of TV'S Absolutely Fabulous (6) |
| NELLIE | Dame ___ Melba, operatic soprano (6) |
| MURIEL | Dame ___ Spark, Scottish novelist (6) |
| DARCEY | Former Principal of The Royal Ballet, Dame _ Bussell (6) |
| VICTOR | French author of the 1831 novel The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, _ Hugo (6) |
| CELIA | English actress Dame ___ Johnson |
| JUDI | Dame ___ Dench, English actress (4) |
| MARGOTFONTEYN | Dame __, English ballerina, d. 1991 (6,7) |
| SMITH | Actress Dame _ _, famed for her Downton Abbey role (6,5) |
| STAUNTON | Third actress to portray Queen Elizabeth in The Crown, Dame _ _ (6,8) |
| EDITH | English poet Dame ___ Sitwell |
