| IVORY | James, the partner of Ismail Merchant (5) |
| PIQUE | Which FC Barcelona star is the partner of Shakira? (5) |
| AGENT | The partner of a thief in a cheating scheme* |
| DRUSE | Followers of Muhammad ibn ismail ad- darazi |
| ITEMS | Nervous times for the partners perhaps (5) |
| ISHIGURO | Author whose novel The Remains of the Day was adapted into a film by James Ivory and Ismail Merchant (8) |
| GRACE | The ___ Note Choir, based in Chester, are the county's first recovery choir; formed by recovering addict, Mark James, the 20-piece choir perform throughout the region (5) |
| JUDAS | Personifies the kiss of death as paramilitaries follow James the First south (5) |
| AWDRY | Rev W, author of Thomas the Tank Engine and James the Red Engine (5) |
| COSMO | Surname of James, the Game Of Thrones actor who took part in Celebrity Big Brother in 2017 (5) |
| LIVER | TV sitcom of the 1960s and 70s which starred Polly James, The _ Birds (5) |
| SCREW | Henry James' "The Turn of the -" |
| GAOLS | James the First is sick in the prisons (5) |
| DAM | The partner of a sire as a parent of a horse |
| AORTA | James the second tips over the data base of a main blood vessel |
| ERRANI | Identify the partner of Andre Avavassori when they won the U.S. Open mixed doubles event? (6) |
| SARA | Identify the partner of Andre Avavassori when they won the U.S. Open mixed doubles event? (4) |
| NINJA | Assassin retrieves article on James the First going to Ulster (5) |
| BLUNT | Frank James, the singer (5) |
| ALADY | Henry James' The Portrait of __ |
