| MANTEL | Hilary who wrote "The Mirror and the Light," the final installment of her "Wolf Hall" trilogy (March, 2020) |
| III | The final installment of "The Godfather" |
| RETURNOFTHEKING | With "The," final installment in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, or what would make the starred answers more familiar |
| STAGGER | Seen in the light, the weird egg does amaze you (7) |
| RADIO | Duran Duran "I turned on the lights, the TV and the ___" |
| SWANK | Hilary who stars in the upcoming series Alaska Daily |
| DUFF | Hilary who played Lizzie McGuire |
| LILIT | The Lady Mary in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (5,6) |
| LESSER | The Lady Mary in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (5,6) |
| OCASEY | Lady Margaret Douglas in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (5,6) |
| LEWIS | Henry VIII in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (6,5) |
| DAMIAN | Henry VIII in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (6,5) |
| PORTER | Richard Cromwell in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (4,6) |
| MOTHERSDALE | Richard Riche in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (3,11) |
| HALL | Wolf _: The Mirror And The Light, 2024 drama with Mark Rylance (4) |
| ARMIES | Final installment of the Hobbit trilogy, The Battle of the Five... (6) |
| END | "The ___" (final installment of "A Series of Unfortunate Events") |
| RYLANCE | Which Oscar-winning actor played Thomas Cromwell in the BBC's Wolf Hall trilogy? (7) |
| OBRIEN | Irish author of The Country Girls, Wild Decembers and The Light of Evening (1'5) |
| AMBLER | British author whose novels include The Mask of Dimitrios and The Light of Day |
