| RIZ | English actor of Venom, - Ahmed (3) |
| TOM | ___ Hardy, star of Venom (3) |
| ASP | Source of venom |
| TERENCE | English actor of Smallville and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, - Stamp (7) |
| ASH | Former girlfriend of EastEnder Iqra Ahmed (3,4) |
| OLIVIER | Laurence ---, 20th-Century English actor of stage and screen (7) |
| WEST | English actor of The Wire and The Affair, Dominic - (4) |
| CLIVE | English actor of The Knick, - Owen (5) |
| ROTH | English actor of Tin Star and Twin Peaks, Tim - (4) |
| BOYEGA | English actor of 892 and Detroit, John - (6) |
| VAN | Ice-cream ___, Eastender Masood Ahmed briefly slept in one of these (3) |
| MAS | What Walford's Zainab used to call Masood Ahmed (3) |
| ALI | ___ Ahmed Aslam, inventor of "Chicken Tikka Masala" |
| IDRISELBA | English actor of The Wire, Luther and Pacific Rim (5,4) |
| TOXICOLOGIST | Man of venom, cross with one officer, goes in to boot soldiers at back of hut |
| FERDELANCE | Freed in error, Pierce is a spewer of venom (3-2-5) |
| COBRA | It's full of venom |
| SPIT | Release last bit of venom as some snakes do |
| ADDERS | Puff ___; snakes full of venom |
| NOMINAL | Minor extraction of venom in a leg (7) |
