| WORSLEY | Historic Royal Palaces chief curator who presents a number of series including Royal History's Biggest Fibs (7) |
| ONE | Number of series in which ninth Doctor actor, Christopher Eccleston, starred (3) |
| BEARER | A person who presents a note or bill for payment (6) |
| RINDER | Robert, British criminal barrister who presents a TV reality courtroom series (6) |
| SEASON | Each one of the four divisions of a year defined by changes in the weather; or, the British annual calendar of social events including Royal Ascot, Wimbledon and Cowes Week (6) |
| GODFATHER | Word for a male sponsor who presents a child at baptism, hence any powerful patriarchal leader, crime boss, influencer etc (9) |
| BOWMAN | Edith, radio DJ who presents a podcast, Soundtracking, about film music (6) |
| THAW | Actor who starred in television series including Home to Roost, Inspector Morse and an adaptation of Peter Mayle's memoir A Year in Provence (4) |
| EDDY | Bloke who presents a problem for 22? (4) |
| MOIRA | _ Stuart, journalist who presents a show on Classic FM (5) |
| COHOST | Person who presents a broadcast with another (2-4) |
| SARTRE | Jean-Paul -; existentialist philosopher and novelist who wrote Nausea and The Roads to Freedom series including The Age of Reason (6) |
| PULLMAN | Author whose His Dark Materials trilogy and Book of Dust series including The Secret Commonwealth chronicle the adventures of Lyra (7) |
| ELLIS | Actor in The Secret of Crickley Hall and series including Miranda and Lucifer (5) |
| GREGORY | Author of the Wideacre trilogy, Tidelands and Tudor Court series including The Other Boleyn Girl (7) |
| AVENGERS | Popular superhero movie series including Age of Ultron, Infinity War and Endgame (8) |
| JANETEVANOVICH | Author of the Stephanie Plum crime novel series including Going Rogue: Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine (2022): 2 wds. |
| CLARKE | ____ Peters, U.S. actor known for TV series including The Wire and films including Da 5 Bloods (6) |
| ABERDEEN | Scottish city and historic royal burgh on the North Sea (8) |
| SELKIRK | Historic royal burgh in the Borders (pop about 6,000) (7) |
