| ELENORE | Illustrator Abbott, known for her work on fairy tales |
| ANGELACARTER | Author whose short stories in The Bloody Chamber were based on fairy tales |
| PANTOMIMES | Christmas theatre shows based on fairy tales (10) |
| HANSEL | 1893 opera based on fairy tale about siblings (6,3,6) |
| ANDGRETEL | 1893 opera based on fairy tale about siblings (6,3,6) |
| RAVENS | Jan _, impressionist known for her work on Spitting Image and Dead Ringers (6) |
| ROSLIN | TV presenter best known for her work on Children In Need, Gaby _ (6) |
| ADA | ... Lovelace, known for her work on Babbage's computer |
| GREER | Germaine Australian writer and academic known for her works on feminism (5) |
| MARCIALUCAS | Film editor who won an Oscar for her work on Star Wars (1977) |
| FRANKLIN | Rosalind ******** , scientist noted for her work on DNA's molecular structure (8) |
| AIDYBRYANT | 2018 Emmy nominee for her work on "Saturday Night Live" (2 wds.) |
| YONATH | Ada ****** , crystallographer born in 1939 noted for her work on ribosomes (6) |
| BROCCOLI | Barbara, producer noted for her work on the James Bond film series (8) |
| SHEREHITE | An American cultural historian famous for her work on psycho-sexual behaviour and gender relations |
| HENRIETTA | American astronomer, ___ Leavitt, noted for her work on variable stars, used by later astronomers to measure the distance to other galaxies (9) |
| JENNIELEE | Scottish MP credited especially for her work on creating the Open University (6,3) |
| HELEN | ___ Brooke Taussig, 20th-century US cardiologist celebrated for her work on "blue baby" syndrome (5) |
| GOLDEN | ___ Globe, award won by Jennifer Aniston in 2003 for her work on Friends (6) |
| WEBB | Lizzie, fitness expert born in 1948 noted for her work on TV-am (4) |
