| JODIEWHITTAKER | First woman to play the lead role in Doctor Who (5,9) |
| GATWA | Ncuti ---, actor who took on the lead role in Doctor Who in 2023 |
| BAKER | Tom -, fourth actor to take the lead role in Doctor Who (5) |
| MOODY | Actor Ron ____ came to regret his rejection of the lead role in Doctor Who |
| BERNHARDT | Who, in 1899, became one of the few women to play the lead in Hamlet? (5,9) |
| SARAH | Who, in 1899, became one of the few women to play the lead in Hamlet? (5,9) |
| JODIE | First woman to play Doctor Who, ----- Whittaker (5) |
| EVE | First woman to play a role in 11 (3) |
| CAPALDI | Who plays the title role in Doctor Who? (7) |
| WHEELCHAIRRUGBY | Notoriously brutal Paralympics sport for Sarah Adam, the first woman to play on the US team |
| ELISABETHMOSS | American actress who plays the lead role of Offred in the series in 18a: 2 wds. |
| BELL | Actress who plays the lead role of Eleanor Shellstrop in the comedy series The Good Place, Kristen - (4) |
| AIDAN | The Hobbit actor who plays the lead role in TV'S Poldark, ___ Turner (5) |
| JENNA | English actress who plays the lead role in the UK drama series Victoria, _ Coleman (5) |
| MARTINFREEMAN | Actor who plays the lead role in TV police drama series The Responder (6,7) |
| ROBERT | Aussie actor who plays the lead role in the series Longmire, - Taylor (6) |
| WHITTAKER | Jodie ----, first woman to play 1ac (9) |
| PLUS | To play the lead with America is an asset |
| STAR | Small mariner to play the lead (4) |
| DIRKBOGARDE | Matinee idol who played the titular role in 'Doctor in the House' (1954) (4,7) |
