| CELEBS | Famous faces, familiarly, taking part in The Weakest Link Christmas special (6) |
| MEAN | Anne Robinson, the queen of - in The Weakest Link (4) |
| VIRULENCE | Acrimony from Van Gogh, familiarly taking on authority (9) |
| KISSER | Face, familiarly |
| ABE | Rushmore face, familiarly |
| MOUNT | A whip could make this a place where famous faces appear (5,8) |
| DAVID | ___ Tennant or Walliams, two more famous faces who've read for Cbeebies Bedtime Stories (5) |
| PICTUREBOARD | Twelve famous faces seen on A Question of Sport |
| RIPPON | Angela ---- --, famous face joining Bradley Walsh in the Blankety Blank festive special (6) |
| OLIVIA | ___ Newton-john, another famous face who has represented the UK at Eurovision (6) |
| ESCAPE | ---- to the Chateau, Christmas special with Dick and Angel Strawbridge (6) |
| BILLED | Unwell between the sheets although supposed to be taking part in the show (6) |
| ANTHEA | Ex-Blue Peter presenter taking part in The Real Dirty Dancing (6,6) |
| TURNER | Ex-Blue Peter presenter taking part in The Real Dirty Dancing (6,6) |
| DUNPHY | Who hosted TV3's short-lived version of the quiz show The Weakest Link? (6) |
| ROMESH | First name of Mr Ranganathan who took over as host of The Weakest Link in 2021 (6) |
| LIEDER | One taking part in the French and German songs (6) |
| JOHNNY | _ Vegas, comic taking part in the new and 10th series of Taskmaster (6) |
| UMPIRE | Taking part in the jump I required an impartial observer (6) |
| ROWING | Quarrelling while taking part in the Boat Race? (6) |