| LUMIERE | French word for light; or, the surname of brothers Auguste and Louis who were among the rst lm-makers in history (7) |
| PURITANS | Strict religious disciplinarians who were among the Pilgrim population |
| MORISOT | With paintings including Grain Field, Summer's Day, Hanging the Laundry out to Dry and Child Among the Hollyhocks, Eugune Manet's wife who was the rst woman to join the Impressionists (7) |
| TRIFECTA | Bet in which the rst three horses are selected (8) |
| FISHER | A sea area in the Shipping Forecast; or, the surname of the late actress who played Princess Leia in the Star Wars films (6) |
| ARABLE | Form of farming or agronomy based on the cultivation of field crops; or, the surname of Wilbur's owner Fern in Charlotte's Web (6) |
| HUNTINGDON | Town in Cambridgeshire on the Ouse; or, the surname of character Arthur in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (10) |
| STOREY | A floor/level of a building; or, the surname of the dramatist/novelist who wrote This Sporting Life (6) |
| MOONSHINE | Word for light reflected onto Earth from Luna, the "parish lantern"; hooch or poteen distilled or smuggled at night; appearance without substance; empty talk or nonsense; or, according to Shakespeare, |
| BOERWAR | Kimberley, Ladysmith and Mafeking were among the sites of important sieges during the second ___ ___ (4,3) |
| THELMA | Marilyn Monroe and ... Ritter were among the stars of the 1951 comedy As Young As You Feel |
| WREN | Bird or the surname of the author of Beau Geste (4) |
| DUNLOP | A traditional Ayrshire cheese; or, the surname of a Scottish vet who invented a pneumatic tyre (6) |
| FIRE | Rapid oxidation producing heat and light; or, the "spark" in the zodiac by which Aries, Leo and Sagittarius are linked by association (4) |
| INCEPTION | Cillian Murphy and Leonardo DiCaprio were among the cast of the 2010 movie. (9) |
| SHADES | Portraits in silhouette; hues mixed with black; short word for light-bulb covers; or, literary word for ghosts (6) |
| ARTIESHAW | Lana Turner and Ava Gardner were among the eight wives of which American bandleader? (5,4) |
| CARRYON | Kenneth Williams and Sid James were among the stars of these comedy films. (5,2) |
| DRIZZLE | Related to "dreary", a word for light rain or thick mist; or, in cookery, a thin stream of a liquid ingredient, such as icing trickled over lemon cake (7) |
| XPOSE | Lorraine Keane and Glenda Gilson were among the presenters of this TV show. (5) |
