| SUNI | He convinced his mum to have her big operation in Doctors (4,7) |
| BULSARA | He convinced his mum to have her big operation in Doctors (4,7) |
| ELBE | Royal treatment: Mr. Elba, dashing actor who in 2016 chose his mum to escort him to Buckingham Palace to receive the honor of membership in the Order of the British Empire |
| GREYSON | He convinced Nicolette Stone to visit the vineyard with him in Neighbours (7,7) |
| HENDRIX | He convinced Nicolette Stone to visit the vineyard with him in Neighbours (7,7) |
| OPIATE | Bring Oxygen and this sedative out in big operation (6) |
| BOTCH | Carry out badly first parts of big operation tackling central heating (5) |
| SLOPPY | Careless agent takes on large operation (6) |
| BIGOT | Intolerant person's large operation theatre (5) |
| TERAFLOP | Computer processing speed changed after large operation |
| NIECE | Johnnie ceases to have her in attendance (5) |
| MOIRA | Farmer in Emmerdale who went under the knife to have her brain tumour operated on (5,6) |
| DINGLE | Farmer in Emmerdale who went under the knife to have her brain tumour operated on (5,6) |
| IWANTTIBIAALONE | Garbo's request to have her fibula removed? |
| CHERRY | The girl needs to have her within call |
| BROOKE | ___ Vincent, taking a break from Coronation Street to have her first child (6) |
| RUTH | Guru thought to have her at heart (4) |
| BERNHARDT | Actress known as the Divine Sarah who had to have her right leg amputated following a stage accident |
| LONG | Janice, late English DJ and the first female to have her own daily show on BBC Radio 1 (4) |
| BROWNIE | Girl thought to have her points (7) |