| BUTCHER | Fella who recently left Walford to start a new life with wife Tiff in Germany (6,7-5) |
| KEEGAN | Fella who recently left Walford to start a new life with wife Tiff in Germany (6,7-5) |
| BAKER | Fella who recently left Walford to start a new life with wife Tiff in Germany (6,7-5) |
| RIBCAGE | Presumably, this was opened to get the First Lady out to start a new life with kid from lock-up (3,4) |
| JASON | __ Roscoe, Hollyoaks fella who recently arrived in the village with his brothers (5) |
| KILFENORA | Kick-start new life with Nora and Clare's band (9) |
| BABYLON | Ancient city's new life, with capital half revealed |
| PLATT | Daniel Osbourne's ex, who recently left Coronation Street to start a new job down in London (7,5) |
| BETHANY | & 29A Daniel Osbourne's ex, who recently left Coronation Street to start a new job down in London (7,5) |
| LIN | Shing _ Leong, teenager who recently left Hollyoaks village to live with her aunt Honour in London (3) |
| SWARM | A group of social insects that has left the parent hive to start a new colony (5) |
| ADA | __ Hartman, mother of Dexter who left Walford for a new job based in Newcastle (3) |
| ANT | It takes only one queen ___ to start a new colony (Fun fact: Within a year, it may be home to up to 250,000 critters) |
| GERMINATE | Start a new life in a regiment abroad (9) |
| CONCEIVE | Start a new life in Cuba as soon as writer's finished (8) |
| AVA | __ Hartman, daughter of Cora Cross who left Walford for a job in Newcastle (3) |
| OSCAR | Max Branning's younger son, who left Walford with his mum Tanya (5) |
| WASTEKNOT | Technique used to start a new thread in cross stitch (5,4) |
| IMPREGNATE | Start a new life as a man (10) |
| SAL | Aunt __, sharp-tongued Mitchell relative who recently visited Walford to put the kibosh on Phil's we |
