| BRANDRETH | Gyles ?, broadcaster and writer; Conservative MP for the City of Chester from 1992-97 |
| GRAY | Muriel ?, broadcaster and author of novels The Ancient and Furnace (4) |
| DEVA | Name by which the city of Chester was known by the ancient Romans (4) |
| DARNHALL | Small village south-west of Winsford; it was an ancient hunting ground for the Norman earls of Chester; now it is home to one of the telescopes in the Jodrell Bank network (8) |
| RYANTUBRIDY | Irish broadcaster and writer who has presented The Late Late Show on RTE from September 2009 |
| MELVYNBRAGG | Broadcaster and author appointed a life peer in 1998, presenter of The South Bank Show (6,5) |
| ASSAM | State in north-eastern India; independent Cheshire suppliers of tea from the region include Chadwicks, and Bollands of Chester (5) |
| BURKE | James ?, broadcaster whose credits include BBC TV series Connections, Tomorrow's World and The Day the Universe Changed (5) |
| ATTENBOROUGH | David ?, broadcaster; winner of the Living Icons award presented by BBC TV programme The Culture Show in 2006 |
| SALTNEY | _Junction, for the North Wales and 32 Wrexham lines south-west of Chester (7) |
| CHAI | The writer, Conservative, suppressing surprised expression, knocked back strong tea (4) |
| CLAUDIAWINKLEMAN | English broadcaster and writer who presents The Traitors (7,9) |
| OBRIEN | James, LBC broadcaster and author of such books as How To Be Right (6) |
| ROSEN | Michael ?, broadcaster; author of children's books Lovely Old Roly and Howler (5) |
| HORNE | Kenneth ?, broadcaster who co-wrote and appeared in BBC Radio comedy show Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh (5) |
| DEPENDENCE | Faith shown with writer, study chapter in "The River of Chester" (10) |
| EMPIRE | Ireland gets MP for the realm (6) |
| LUDOVIC | Sir -- Kennedy, 1919-2009, Scottish broadcaster and writer (7) |
| BRAGG | Broadcaster and writer Lord Melvyn or singer Billy |
| DOSTOEVSKY | Parties veto motion by broadcaster and writer (10) |
