| AMOLRAJAN | Journalist who has succeeded 28 Down as quiz chair (4,5) |
| SET | Become hard, as quiz questions are? |
| ASKS | Acts as quiz master |
| SIANBERRY | Politician who has succeeded Caroline Lucas as Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion (4,5) |
| EVANDAVIS | English journalist who has presented Dragons' Den since 2005 (4,5) |
| BELMOONEY | English journalist who has a Daily Mail column (3,6) |
| IANHISLOP | Journalist who has edited Private Eye since 1986 (3,6) |
| ALICEBEER | Presenter and consumer journalist who has appeared regularly on ITV1 show This Morning (5,4) |
| JOINTHEIR | Become a tax inspector perhaps, once one has succeeded in company? |
| THESTICKS | Thickset criminal has succeeded in rural areas |
| GODLINESS | Very good quality rendition of song: lied has succeeded (9) |
| PLAINSMAN | Simple fellow has succeeded in becoming a prairie dweller |
| BENAFFLECK | Who has succeeded Christian Bale as Batman? (3,7) |
| POSTGRADUATE | One taking a correspondence course who has succeeded to some degree! (4-8) |
| COLLEGEGRADUATE | One who has succeeded to some degree? |
| COURIC | Journalist who has been a host on all "Big Three" networks |
| MCLEAN | Andrea _, journalist who has left the panel of Loose Women (6) |
| DONAL | _ MacIntyre, investigative journalist who has competed in Dancing on Ice and The Jump (5) |
| JEREMY | ____ Paxman, TV journalist who has hosted University Challenge since 1994 (6) |
| ANITA | Journalist who has co- presented Drive with Peter Allen on BBC Radio 5 Live and The Daily Politics with Andrew Neil on BBC Two (5,5) |
