| REISS | Eastenders accountant with a dark secret, _ Colwell (5) |
| CAPER | Accountant with a job in a bank? (5) |
| CAESURA | Accountant with a ploy recalled making break in line (7) |
| BRINGTOLIGHT | Divulge a dark secret? (5,2,5) |
| BRINGINGTOLIGHT | Disclosing a dark secret? (8,2,5) |
| SONIA | EastEnders character trying for a baby with Reiss Colwell (5,6) |
| FEAST | Doctor might find One Direction to be the dark secret of a child? (8,5) |
| JONNY | Reiss Colwell in EastEnders (5,7) |
| BRENT | --- goose, a small goose with a dark grey plumage and short neck (5) |
| ADDER | A snake with a dark zigzag pattern on its back (5) |
| TENCH | Freshwater game fish with a dark greenish body and a barbel at each side of the mouth (5) |
| GRIMM | German folklorists noted for their fairy tales, often with a dark side (5) |
| MEGAN | Fox with a dark brown mane |
| DAKAR | African city with a dark past |
| SYRAH | Wine grape with a dark skin |
| HANOI | Henry with a dark film genre shortly generates capital |
| FOWLER | EastEnders character trying for a baby with Reiss Colwell (5,6) |
| MIDNIGHT | Doctor might find One Direction to be the dark secret of a child? (8,5) |
| REARITSUGLYHEAD | What a deep, dark secret may do |
| FREEMAN | Reiss Colwell in EastEnders (5,7) |
