| ADIE | Kate --, TV reporter who often worked in war zones (4) |
| LIAR | A TV reporter who aired a story calling Wayne Smith a - - - lost his job with TV3, in 2009 (4) |
| ALEC | Guinness who often worked with David Lean |
| HUMBLE | Kate -, TV presenter (6) |
| WALTERS | Julie _, acclaimed actress who often worked with Victoria Wood (7) |
| DOM | DeLuise who often worked with Burt Reynolds |
| IEDS | Roadside dangers in war zones, for short |
| HODA | 2010 memoir subtitled How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee |
| ERIN | TV reporter Burnett |
| SANDBAG | An item used in flood defence or shielding glass windows in war zones (7) |
| NAPALM | Ally in war zone's weapon there (6) |
| TIMRICE | Lyricist who has often worked with Lord Lloyd Webber (3,4) |
| MELGIEDROYC | TV presenter and actress who has often worked with Sue Perkins (3,8) |
| CAR | Sort of vehicle often worked on at Webster's Autocentre in Coronation Street (3) |
| TIM | Film director who has often worked with Johnny Depp, --- Burton (3) |
| ONEIL | TV reporter Roger, or fictional TV reporter April |
| FRONTLINE | French working with dodgy intel in war zone (5,4) |
| GALLEY | Ancient warship, its banks of oars were often worked by slaves |
| SCORSESE | Martin ___, director DiCaprio has often worked with (8) |
| WHIPSAWS | Narrow-bladed tools, often worked by two people (8) |
