| HEMA | First name of this actress |
| ETHELMERMAN | There's No Business Like Show Business became the signature song of this actress |
| ERLE | First name of this puzzle's star author |
| MARCO | First name of this swimming pool game? (5) |
| MARIE | First name of this double Nobel Prize winner |
| ADA | First name of this crossword's constructor |
| SEMENYA | Mokgadi is the first name of this champion middle-distance runner. (7) |
| LUDWIG | First name of this puzzle's dedicatee, born December 1770 |
| RANJ | First name of This Morning's Dr Singh who took part in Strictly in 2018(4) |
| ANDY | Identify the first name of this former British tennis player who parted ways as coach with Novak Djokovic recently? (4) |
| PRIYANK | What is the first name of this Indian domestic legend from Gujarat who announced his retirement recently? (7) |
| GENELIA | Aamir Khan's film 'Sitaare Zameen Par' stars Aroush Datta and this actress as part of its cast.(First Name) (7) |
| AVA | Once married to Frank Sinatra, this actress is one of the American Film Institute's greatest stars of all time; ... Gardner |
| ANNA | PICTURE B Name this actress, back later in the year for a third series of Marcella (4,5) |
| FRIEL | PICTURE B Name this actress, back later in the year for a third series of Marcella (4,5) |
| HONORBLACKMAN | Diana Rigg played Emma Peel in The Avengers, but this actress was John Steed's first assistant, Cath |
| GLENNCLOSE | This actress terrified a generation of men as Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction (5,5) |
| MAEWEST | 'I've been in Who's Who, and I know what's what, but it'll be the first time I ever made the dictionary,' wrote this actress to the RAF when they named the inflatable life jacket after her (3,4) |
| MAE | 'I've been in Who's Who, and I know what's what, but it'll be the first time I ever made the dictionary,' wrote this actress to the RAF when they named an inflatable life jacket after her, ... West |
| ZETA | This actress got her start in The Darling Buds of May (Catherine ---- Jones) |