| ALANBATES | Former subpostmaster played by Toby Jones in a 2024 ITV series (4,5) |
| AGENT | A fellow with a secret played by Toby Jones (5) |
| REDEYE | 2024 ITV series starring Jing Lusi, Richard Armitage and Lesley Sharp (3,3) |
| POSTOFFICE | Word which follows Mr Bates vs The to give the title of a 2024 ITV drama (4,6) |
| OWL | Character voiced by Toby Jones in 2018 film Christopher Robin (3) |
| ROVE | Karl ?, Deputy White House Chief of Staff to George W Bush portrayed by Toby Jones in 2008 film dram |
| MRBATESVS | Recent ITV drama with Toby Jones, _ _ _ The Post Office (2,5,2) |
| PHANTOM | Gladiator played by Toby Olubi in the revived Gladiators series (7) |
| REAGAN | Ronald _, US president played by Dennis Quaid in a 2024 biopic (6) |
| TANYA | Character played by Simone Joy Jones in a remake of "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead" |
| TYCOBB | Baseball great portrayed by Tommy Lee Jones in a 1994 film: 2 wds. |
| ANNETWNNEY | Molly Jones in A Country Practice and Liz Taylor in Always Greener (4,6) |
| ANNETENNEY | Molly Jones in A Country Practice and Liz Taylor in Always Greener (4,6) |
| TENNEY | Played Molly Jones in A Country Practice (Anne ------) |
| IDIOTIC | "I was pretty ____ in my youth" (Stephen Fry, in a 2024 interview) |
| NUDGENUDGE | Monty Python sketch in which Eric Idle makes insinuations to Terry Jones in a pub: 2 wds. |
| YANKEEDOODLEBOY | Little Johnny Jones, in a George M. Cohan song |
| ANNE | Molly Jones in A Country Practice, ... Tenney (4) |
| COOL | 1992 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner trained by Toby Balding and ridden by Adrian Maguire (4) |
| GROUND | 1992 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner trained by Toby Balding and ridden by Adrian Maguire (6) |
