| FAIRFAX | Jane ___, Miss Bates' niece in Emma (7) |
| MIRANDA | - - - Hart, comic who played Miss Bates in 2020 drama Emma. (7) |
| PALTROW | Actress noted for her roles in Emma, Se7en, Shakespeare in Love, Shallow Hal and many other films (7) |
| NOVELTY | Freshness in Emma, perhaps, totally marginalised (7) |
| ABIGAIL | Full first name of Jack Branning's deceased niece in EastEnders (7) |
| LICENSE | Sanction left nieces in a bad way (7) |
| NIECE | Jane Fairfax vis-a-vis Miss Bates in "Emma" |
| JANEFAIRFAX | Orphan who is Miss Bates's niece in Jane Austen's novel Emma (4,7) |
| HART | Miranda _. English actress who played Miss Bates in a 2020 film adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma (4) |
| DRIVING | ___ Miss Daisy, 1989 comedy film starring Morgan Freeman that won the Best Picture Oscar (7) |
| PAGEANT | Beauty ___; Miss America competition |
| KATHY | Miss Bates, Best Actress Oscarwinner for the film Misery (5) |
| ELTON | Mr. ___, Emma's unwelcome suitor in "Emma" |
| GRAVES | Lestrade in Sherlock and Mr Weston in Emma, Rupert - - - (6) |
| MAID | In Emma I detect someone to help with the cleaning |
| NINE | Figure shown by Austen in Emma |
| KNIGHTLEY | The hot-and-cold love interest in Emma (9) |
| CHAPERONE | Governess Taylor initially avoided in Emma 's opening? |
| MAST | Ship post hidden in "Emma Stone" |
| HEIDI | Dete's niece, in a beloved 1880 novel |
