| WILSON | His Dark Materials actress, Ruth - (6) |
| RUTH | ___ Wilson, His Dark Materials actress (4) |
| MCAVOY | Lord Asriel in His Dark Materials, James _ (6) |
| OXFORD | "City of Dreaming Spires" depicted in books including Brideshead Revisited, Gaudy Night, Last Bus to Woodstock and the His Dark Materials trilogy (6) |
| PHILIP | Pronounced boost to draw fellow to His Dark Materials writer (6,7) |
| ASRIEL | Lord ____, rebellious relative of Lyra in the His Dark Materials trilogy (6) |
| DAEMON | Animal in Phillip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" |
| MARISA | Lyra's mother in "His Dark Materials" |
| BETTEDAVIS | "All About Eve" actress Ruth Elizabeth ___ |
| NEGGA | Actress Ruth of "Loving" |
| BRIDGEND | Welsh town and birthplace of actress Ruth Jones (8) |
| ROMANCHARGES | Actress Ruth's credit card purchases? |
| NESSA | ____ Jenkins, character played by Welsh actress Ruth Jones in Gavin & Stacey (5) |
| PHILIPPULLMAN | His Dark Materials trilogy writer (6,7) |
| MRSCOULTER | Ruth Wilson's character in His Dark Materials (3,7) |
| DAFNEKEEN | Actress who plays Lyra on "His Dark Materials" |
| DAFNE | Actress Keen of "His Dark Materials" |
| COULTER | Marisa -------, Ruth Wilson's His Dark Materials role (7) |
| NORTHERNLIGHTS | Title of the first novel in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy (8,6) |
| PULLMAN | Pronounced boost to draw fellow to His Dark Materials writer (6,7) |
