| OCTAHEDRA | Figures English actor had played |
| INTENSE | Very great batting figures, English (7) |
| DRAKE | First sign of distinctly thin figure, English naval leader (5) |
| BUTTONEDUP | Ridiculous figure, English, investing in failing pound, making no comment? |
| EXTRACREDIT | IMDb proof that an actor had a minor role? |
| CHORDATA | Actor had parts for some of the animals (8) |
| ADA | _ Nicodemou, had played Home And Away's Leah since 2000(3) |
| CUDICINI | Carlo ........ , 2000s Chelsea goalkeeper who, like his father, had played for Milan (8) |
| STAM | Jaap ..... former Reading manager who had played in defence for the Netherlands and Man United (4) |
| ANTIC | Radomir ..... , Serbia football manager 2008-10 who had played for Luton in the early '80s (5) |
| DUNN | Which Dad's Army actor had a number one with Grandad? (4) |
| THESERVANT | The main actor had to wait to be in this movie role (3,7) |
| HARPO | Dumb actor had a way of speaking in house (5) |
| DICTATOR | An actor had one day, with very little time to become a despot (8) |
| BESTIR | Bunk is written about what old actor had afoot (6) |
| SMITH | US actor had kept jam tins, it turns out (4,7,5) |
| JADA | US actor had kept jam tins, it turns out (4,7,5) |
| PINKETT | US actor had kept jam tins, it turns out (4,7,5) |
| CASTAWAY | Stranded actors had an established routine |
| LICE | Wonder how many child actors had it? |
