| ANNEKA | First name adopted by Welsh-born TV and radio presenter, journalist and painter Anne Rice when she joined Equity (6) |
| ZEINABBADAWI | Sudanese-born TV and radio journalist who co-presented Channel 4 News with Jon Snow before joining BBC News (6,6) |
| BRANDRETH | Surname of Gyles, TV presenter journalist (9) |
| MADEIRACAKE | Make Ada rice when mixing sponge |
| ECLAIR | The French use rice when they make this cake (6) |
| ERRATIC | Not regular fried rice when there's rodent in it |
| STUDS | First name adopted by American writer, historian actor and broadcaster Louis Terkel (5) |
| CAITLYN | First name adopted by former Olympic champion Bruce Jenner as a trans woman (7) |
| ELTON | First name adopted by Reg Dwight (5) |
| RAJESH | First name adopted by Jatin Khanna for movies |
| GUIDO | First name adopted by Guy Fawkes during his time in Spain |
| JERRYSPRINGER | London-born TV presenter who hosted an eponymous tabloid talk show on US television between 1991 and 2018 |
| PARIS | City that Anne Rice called "a universe whole and entire unto herself, hollowed and fashioned by history" |
| PATRICKKIELTY | Belfast-born TV presenter and husband of Cat Deeley (7,6) |
| GERAINT | Welsh-born stage, film and TV actor, ------- Wyn Davies (7) |
| LYNAM | Des ___, Irish-born TV presenter who moved with his family to Brighton at the age of six |
| ULRIKA | Swedish-born TV presenter who was a team captain on Shooting Stars (6,7) |
| JONSSON | Swedish-born TV presenter who was a team captain on Shooting Stars (6,7) |
| LOYD | US-born television presenter whose credits include Masterchef and Through the Keyhole (4,8) |
| HERBERT | George ---, Welsh-born poet and Anglican priest whose works were published in the 1633 collection The Temple (7) |