| DERVLA | Irish actress from Goodnight Sweetheart and Ballykissangel, _ Kirwan (6) |
| NICHOLAS | ___ Lyndhurst, star of TV series Goodnight Sweetheart and Only Fools and Horses (8) |
| KIRWAN | Dervla _, appeared in Ballykissangel and Goodnight Sweetheart (6) |
| COWARD | Playwright befriended by Gary in Goodnight Sweetheart, Noel ... (6) |
| EARFUL | Sharp rebuke for sweetheart and dodger losing shirt (6) |
| ENTITY | Independent existence with sweetheart and bird in American city (6) |
| ELOPED | Ran away with a sweetheart and used long strides! (6) |
| YORKIE | Roy raised half of kids with sweetheart and terrier (6) |
| JOYNER | Actress Jo and someone enlisting in Ackley Bridge, we hear (6) |
| DERVLAKISWAN | Star of Ballykissangel and Goodnight Sweetheart (6,6) |
| ELOPES | Takes sweetheart and runs (6) |
| MOJITO | Jo and Tim getting tipsy consuming old rum cocktail (6) |
| JOINED | I stand between Jo and Ned, united (6) |
| TOOTIE | Schoolmate of Blair, Jo and Natalie on "The Facts of Life" |
| LOUISA | Creator of Meg, Jo and Beth |
| GOODNIGHT | Sitcom with Dervla Kirwan and Nicholas Lyndhurst, --------- Sweetheart (9) |
| LYNDHURST | Nicholas ---, actor who played Gary Sparrow in Goodnight Sweetheart (9) |
| SPARROW | Nicholas Lyndhurst's character in Goodnight Sweetheart, Gary ------- (7) |
| SMOTHER | Dervla Kirwan starred in this Irish thriller |
| FARRELL | Ballykissangel actor in films including Alexander, In Bruges and Winter's Tale (7) |