| DELPY | Julie -, actress who played Celine in film dramas Before Midnight, Before Sunrise and Before Sunset |
| WARD | Sela ___, actress who played Sharon Schieber in film drama Gone Girl (4) |
| DAYLIGHT | Time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside (8) |
| GOODYEAR | Julie -, actress who played Bet Lynch in lTV soap Coronation Street (8) |
| ANDREWS | Julie, actress who played Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music (7) |
| HESMONDHALGH | Julie -, actress who played Hayley Cropper in ITV soap Coronation Street (12) |
| DAY | Period after sunrise and before sunset |
| CLEAR | The warning cry in hospital dramas before the use of the defibrillator |
| DISPEL | In dreams, remains lead character in drama before drying up (6,6) |
| WASHES | In dreams, remains lead character in drama before drying up (6,6) |
| DISHES | In dreams, remains lead character in drama before drying up (6,6) |
| PLAY | Drama before school in series featuring Big Ted and Humpty (4) |
| ONEAL | Patrick ___, actor whose roles included George Bissinger in film drama The Way We Were (5) |
| SUNRISE | Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy romantic drama, Before... (7) |
| ACTIVIST | Militant in some drama before visit abroad (8) |
| OUTPLAYED | Performed better in unpopular drama before journalist |
| DOGGEREL | Jingle by setter, say "midnight before long" (8) |
| GLAD | Midnight before boy is happy (4) |
| PLAYMATE | Drama before end of game for fellow-sportsman |
| OPERATE | Take advantage of musical drama before time ends (7) |
