| LUCKER | Former East-Enders actress, Zoe _ (6) |
| KARA | _ Tointon, former East-Enders actress and Strictly Come Dancing champion (4) |
| SALDANA | Guardians of the Galaxy and Avatar actress, Zoe ___ (7) |
| MARTINE | One-time East-Enders actress-turned-singer, _ McCutcheon (7) |
| GOSSIP | Doctor suppresses former East German rumours (6) |
| STASIS | Former East German secret police's inactivity |
| HELLER | Zoe ___, author of 2008 novel The Believers (6) |
| SALMON | Zoe _, succeeded by Helen Skelton on Blue Peter (6) |
| ARDOUR | Passion's more difficult, they say, for East Enders (6) |
| DENISE | Diane Parish's character in East Enders, ------ Fox (6) |
| ALBERT | East Enders setting, ... Square (6) |
| TITFER | Bowler, perhaps,for the East Enders (6) |
| ABSURD | Preposterous seamen tried for East Enders' audition (6) |
| JESSIE | _ Wallace, Kat Moon in East Enders (6) |
| STRIFE | Trouble coming with this wife in East-Enders? (6) |
| MISTER | London's East Enders say: "be careful of that woman nurse!" (6) |
| JAMJAR | Preserve crock, East Ender's car (6) |
| ALECTO | Fury from saintly circle of East-enders about shock therapy |
| YELPER | Unknown East Ender's assistant, one emitting shrill cries |
| MARISATOMEI | My Cousin Vinny actress who is godmother to Big Little Lies actress Zoe Kravitz: 2 wds. |