| ESTELLE | Don -, singer and actor who played Gunner Sugden in BBC TV sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum (7) |
| AINT | 1970s/80s sitcom, It ___ Half Hot Mum (4) |
| MCLEAN | Don, singer-songwriter whose UK hits include Vincent and Crying (6) |
| HEWLETT | Donald ?, actor who had leading roles in BBC TV sitcoms It Ain't Half Hot Mum and You Rang, M'Lord? (7) |
| ASHWOOD | It Ain't Half Hot Mum captain has burnt residue by group of trees (7) |
| OCONNOR | Donald ___, American dancer, singer and actor who played Cosmo Brown in the 1952 film Singin' in the |
| SINATRA | Frank ___, singer and actor who played the lead in 1958 film Pal Joey (7) |
| DONOVAN | Jason, singer and actor who played Scott Robinson in Neighbours (7) |
| IGGYPOP | Singer and actor who played Belvedere Rickettes in 1990 comedy-musical film Cry-Baby |
| ASTAIRE | Fred ---, American film and Broadway stage dancer, singer and actor who starred in ten films with Ginger Rogers (7) |
| PRESLEY | see 7ac, Singer and actor who starred in the films Charro! and Spinout (5,7) |
| BARRATT | Julian -, comedian and actor who played Howard Moon in BBC TV series The Mighty Boosh (7) |
| LADEDA | Boy and girl are pretentious like Gunner Graham in It Ain't Half Hot Mum (2-2-2) |
| CHESNEY | ___ Hawkes, singer and actor who was a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother in 2025 (7) |
| LOFTY | Gunner Harold Sugden's nickname in It Ain't Half Hot Mum |
| HAYES | My heavy lens distorts Gunner 'Gloria' Beaumont in comedy It Ain't Half Hot Mum (6,5) |
| MELVYN | My heavy lens distorts Gunner 'Gloria' Beaumont in comedy It Ain't Half Hot Mum (6,5) |
| MARTINE | English singer and actor who starred in Eastenders, ------- Mccutcheon (7) |
| FELDMAN | Writer and actor who played Igor in 1974 film comedy Young Frankenstein (5,7) |
| PALLETT | Roxanne -------, actor who played Jo Sugden in ITV soap Emmerdale (7) |
