| JOAN | Dame who recently celebrated 20 years of being married to Percy Gibson (4,7) |
| COLLINS | Dame who recently celebrated 20 years of being married to Percy Gibson (4,7) |
| JOANCOLLINS | Dame who celebrated 20 years of being married to Percy Gibson (4,7) |
| LIFE | Years of being in pain, self-destructive (4,4) |
| CYST | Partial to Percy Stevenson's pussy, Bump (4) |
| EARNING | An intense desire to forget year of being paid for services (7) |
| IRISMURDOCH | Dame who wrote "The Good Apprentice" |
| BIGAMY | The crime of being married to two persons at the same time (6) |
| MONOGAMY | Custom of being married to one person at a time (8) |
| POLYANDRY | The practice of being married to more than one husband at the same time (9) |
| LILY | Kylie and David Platt's little daughter in Coronation Street, who recently celebrated her first birthday (4) |
| KING | Corrie actress who recently celebrated her 50th birthday (6,4) |
| ALISON | Corrie actress who recently celebrated her 50th birthday (6,4) |
| MICHAEL | Sir _ Caine, British actor who recently celebrated his 90th birthday (7) |
| KNOX | Coronation Street legend who recently celebrated her 90th birthday (7,4) |
| BARBARA | Coronation Street legend who recently celebrated her 90th birthday (7,4) |
| EPHEBI | Young males from 18 to 20 years of age in ancient Greece (6) |
| THEMOB | BEING MARRIED TO DANNY MEANT MICHELLE WAS MARRIED TO THIS (GUIDING LIGHT, two words) |
| SNAKE | The Chinese community recently celebrated the start of the Year of the ___. (5) |
| EPHEBE | In ancient Greece, a young man from 18-20 years of age undergoing military training (6) |
