| THORA | First name of Ms Hird, Edie in Last of the Summer Wine (5) |
| PLETHORA | Prog rock band upset Ms Hird sounding a bit like INXS |
| ALVIN | First name of Mr Smedley, the character in Last Of The Summer Wine played by Brian Murphy from 2003-10 (5) |
| COMPO | Nickname of the Wellington bootwearing character played by Bill Owen in Last of the Summer Wine (5) |
| CLEGG | Surname of Peter Sallis' character Norman in Last of the Summer Wine (5) |
| BRITT | UK native, we hear, is Nicollette Sheridan's Edie in Desperate Housewives (5) |
| STAFF | Played Nora Batty in Last of the Summer Wine, Kathy ----- (5) |
| WILDE | Brian ___, actor who played Foggy Dewhurst in Last Of The Summer Wine (5) |
| BATTY | Bananas for Nora in Last of the Summer Wine (5) |
| TORME | Dame Thora Hird was the motherin-law of which popular American singer? (3,5) |
| UNCAS | Mohican in "Last of the Mohicans" |
| HEADS | Talking -; Alan Bennett's series of monologues originally with a cast including Julie Walters, Maggie Smith, Patricia Routledge and Thora Hird (S) |
| THIRD | A part for Thora Hird (5) |
| EDIEPEGDEN | Character played by Thora Hird in Last Of The Summer Wine (4,6) |
| NORA | First name of Ms Batty in Last Of The Summer Wine (4) |
| KATHYSTAFF | She played Nora Batty in 'Last of the Summer Wine' (5,5) |
| SMILER | Seen as an inspector in On The Buses, who is Stephen Lewis's character in Last of the Summer Wine? (6) |
| RUSSABBOT | Comedian who played Hobbo in Last of the Summer Wine (4,5) |
| HIRD | Thora, actress who played Edie Pegden in Last of the Summer Wine (4) |
| THORAHIRD | Actress who played Edie Pegden in Last of the Summer Wine |
