| DEVPATEL | Lead actor in Armando Iannucci's 2019 film adaptation of David Copperfield |
| SIMONRUSSELLBEALE | Actor whose roles include that of Beria in Armando Ianucci's The Death of Stalin (2017) |
| CATS | 2019 film adaptation of an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical |
| LOOP | Armando Iannucci's well-informed comeback game (4) |
| PATEL | Dev _, starred in the 2019 film The Personal History of David Copperfield (5) |
| SPENLOW | Dora, child-wife of David Copperfield in the Charles Dickens novel of that name (7) |
| URIAH | - Heep; Dickensian character portrayed by Ben Whishaw in the film The Personal History of David Copperfield (5) |
| MAGIC | Specialty of David Copperfield and David Blaine |
| DORA | First wife of David Copperfield of literature |
| BETSEYTROTWOOD | Great-aunt of David Copperfield who takes care of him (6,8) |
| DORASPENLOW | First wife of David Copperfield in a 1850 novel by Charles Dickens (4,7) |
| ARMANDO | _ Iannucci, director of The Personal History of David Copperfield (7) |
| DEV | ___ Patel, The Personal History of David Copperfield actor (3) |
| AGNESWICKFIELD | In Dickens's novel, the 2nd wife of David Copperfield (5,9) |
| BILDUNGSRO | Literary genre of "David Copperfield" or "Ender's Game" |
| STEERFORTH | James --, close friend of David Copperfield (10) |
| THOMASTRADDLES | Formal alliterative name for a friend of David Copperfield |
| ALANPARTRIDGE | Character co-created by Armando Iannucci in the manner of new game (4,9) |
| THELOOP | In ____, 2009 satirical film directed by Armando Iannucci (3,4) |
| IANNUCCI | Armando ___, creator of The Thick Of It (8) |
