| SAVIDENT | John, late actor who played butcher Fred Elliott in Coronation Street (8) |
| JOHN | Late actor who played iconic Coronation Street butcher Fred Elliott (4,8) |
| HURT | Sir John - - -, late actor who starred in films including The Elephant Man and 1984 (4) |
| PORTEOUS | Actor who played Dr Terence Elliott in A Country Practice. (Last name) |
| ANDERSON | John, late athletics coach who refereed ITV's Gladiators (8) |
| ROSSITER | Leonard _, late actor who played Rupert Rigsby in Rising Damp (8) |
| CHADWICK | _ Boseman, late actor who played Black Panther in Captain America: Civil War (8) |
| BRAUGHER | Andre, late actor who played Raymond Holt in Brooklyn Nine-Nine (8) |
| LAVENDER | Ian, late actor who played Private Pike in Dad's Army (8) |
| WEATHERS | Carl _, late actor who played boxer Apollo Creed in the Rocky film series (8) |
| ISABELLA | JOHN'S LATE WIFE (DAYS, NO. 6 NAME) |
| COLTRANE | Robbie -, late actor who played the lead role in 1990s ITV drama series Cracker |
| JOHNTHAW | Late actor who played Inspector Morse (4,4) |
| MEAT | Food stuff that Fred, I say, Fred Elliott used to sell in Weatherfield (4) |
| THOMAS | Henry ?, child actor who played Elliott in 1982 family film ET: The Extra-Terrestrial |
| DAWES | John -, late Wales, British and Irish Lions and Barbarians rugby union captain who died in 2021 |
| PILGER | John, late campaigning journalist, born in Sydney in 1939 (6) |
| NEWTON | Olivia ___-John, late British/Aussie singer/actress who died in 2022 (6) |
| LOVELL | Author who wrote about Beryl Markham in Straight on Till Morning, Jane Digby in A Scandalous Life and Maxine Elliott in The Riviera Set (6) |
| PEEL | John ----, late English radio host who championed new music (4) |
