| AGELIMIT | Let's say 21, recently been in the news |
| IMMA | The board of this body has been in the news in recent weeks. (1,1,1,1) |
| WEN | Nuclear scientist ___ Ho Lee, whose plea bargain has been in the news |
| MOM | Person who may say 21-A |
| PETER | Actor Capaldi or Dinklage, say; 21 Across |
| HITTHEHEADLINES | Whack the principal, getting school punishment, and be in the news |
| WASP | Stinging insect, the Asian variety was declared eradicated from Mallorca in 2020 but the aggressive predator, a danger to native insect life, has recently been spotted on the island once more (4) |
| SWEDEN | Where, abroad, Ed may be in the news |
| HARLECH | Ffordd Pen Llech in ____ has recently been recognised as the world's steepest residential street |
| HIV | Virus that has recently been diagnosed with in Emmerdale (1,1,1) |
| DEV | Coronation Street shopkeeper who has recently been romancing Julie Carp (3,6) |
| DAVID | __ Platt, Coronation Street resident who has recently been battling with (5) |
| BRIDE | A woman who has recently been married. |
| MAILSHOT | Advertising post's recently been stolen (8) |
| NEOLOGISMS | Phrases or words that have recently been coined (10) |
| ORCAS | Whales that have recently been attacking yachts unprovoked |
| BRANDNEW | End brawn production that has recently been acquired (5-3) |
| ICED | Having been in the cooler in the police department |
| MAL | Karl and Susan's son, who's recently been to visit them on Ramsay Street (3,7) |
| ERIC | This Dales stalwart has recently been worried about his HIV-positive wife Val (4,7) |
