| MIRIAM | First name of the actress who starred as Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter films (6) |
| INGRID | First name of the actress who starred in Hitchcock's Spellbound (6) |
| MIRIAMMARGOLYES | Actress who played Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter films (6,9) |
| HELENA | First name of the actress poised to play Princess Margaret in the upcoming third season of The Crown (6) |
| SHEILA | First name of the actress who was married to the late John Thaw (6) |
| ALISON | First name of the actress who has played Coronation Street's Carla since 2006 (6) |
| WHOOPI | First name of the actress and comedian who has hosted the Academy Awards four times (6) |
| BURTON | Who appeared as Professor Sam Ryan in TV'S Silent Witness? (6,6) |
| AMANDA | Who appeared as Professor Sam Ryan in TV'S Silent Witness? (6,6) |
| MARGOLYES | Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter films, Miriam - (9) |
| KUDROW | Surname of the actress who played Phoebe Buffay in the comedy series Friends (6) |
| INDIAN | Nationality of the actress who won Celebrity Big Brother in 2007, which saw Jade Goody return to the house (6) |
| TATUM | First name of the actress who starred as Sarah Brown in International Velvet (5) |
| PRUNELLA | First name of the actress who starred as Sybil in Fawlty Towers (8) |
| HILARY | Forename of the actress who played Maggie Fitzgerald in Million Dollar Baby (2004) |
| BEHIND | Gerald Thomas film featuring Kenneth Williams as Professor Roland Crump (5,2,6) |
| EMMATHOMPSON | Who appears as Professor Trelawney in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix? (4,8) |
| ESTERS | Wild trees starting to sprout in compounds |
| SJS | Initials-sharers of the actress who starred as the mom on "The Partridge Family" |
| GARLAND | Surname of the actress who starred in The Wizard of Oz (7) |
