| AGUTTER | Jenny ---, actress whose screen credits include Call the Midwife and The Railway Children |
| PRYDZ | Swedish DJ and producer whose hits include Call On Me, Eric _ (5) |
| MOOREHEAD | Agnes, actress whose screen roles included the mother of Citizen Kane (9) |
| LESLIECARON | French actress whose screen roles included An American in Paris (6,5) |
| ENESBIT | British writer whose children's books include The Phoenix and the Carpet and The Railway Children |
| NESBIT | Novelist who wrote The Story of the Treasure Seekers, The Phoenix and the Carpet and The Railway Children (6) |
| EDITH | First name of the writer whose books include The Wouldbegoods and The Railway Children (5) |
| BALLANTYNE | Family chronicled in Wilbur Smith's series of novels that includes Call of the Raven and A Falcon Flies (10) |
| PLEASANCE | English actor, Donald, who accumulated over 200 screen credits throughout his long career (9) |
| ROUTINE | Practice as usual about to include calls from rowing coach |
| ANN | Name of 1-Across's late paternal grandmother, and 1-Across's own middle name; she made a point of using it in her screen credits for 17-Across |
| STORYBY | On-screen credit |
| CLIFFPARISI | He is famous for roles in Corrie and Call The Midwife, and in I'm A Celeb in 2019 (5,6) |
| RAINE | Call the Midwife and Becoming Elizabeth actor, Jessica ----- (5) |
| BBC | Network that airs "Call the Midwife" and "EastEnders" |
| JENNYAGUTTER | Actress who starred in Walkabout, The Railway Children and The Snow Goose and who has starred in the BBC's Call the Midwife since 2012 (5,7) |
| AUSTIN | Which US city, on the Colorado River and the railway line to San Antonio, is the capital of Texas? ( |
| AGATE | 'She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes/In shape no bigger than an _ stone' Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet, 1595 (5) |
| RENNIE | Michael, actor whose screen roles included the spaceman in 1951's The Day the Earth Stood Still (6) |
| ALBERTFINNEY | Actor whose screen roles include Arthur Seaton in the 1960 film Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (6,6) |
