| EDASNER | Male with the most acting Emmys |
| STREEP | Holder of the record for most acting Oscar nominations |
| ASNER | Ed with seven acting Emmys |
| VEEP | Show for which Julia Louis-Dreyfus has won four consecutive acting Emmys |
| CHIRP | Female crickets are attracted to the male with the best ___. |
| NAMELESS | A male with the Spanish in loch, unidentified (8) |
| MERRY | Tipsy male with the queen on railway (5) |
| ELLENBURSTYN | "Interstellar" actress who has won the Triple Crown of Acting (Emmy, Oscar, and Tony): 2 wds. |
| ANTIWAR | Like Mary Fickett's (exruth) ALL MY CHILDREN speeches that won her the first daytime acting Emmy (two words) |
| DAVIS | Viola who has won acting's "Triple Crown" (winning a competitive acting Emmy, Tony, and Oscar) |
| MARK | ___ Ruffalo won an acting Emmy (4) |
| SATURNISM | At the end of the week, vessel is carrying male with old form of lead poisoning (9) |
| HOSTAGE | Captive male embracing male with love (7) |
| MIDWIFE | Male with identification seen with spouse, a childbirth specialist (7) |
| REEDBUNTING | Bird, the male with black head and white collar |
| COCKFOSTERS | Male with beer, one on the 22 (11) |
| ADMIRER | One with a suit: a male with more awful clothing |
| LADMAG | Something to sell male, with girl turning up on the outside? |
| ADONIS | - blue; rare species of butterfly of south-facing herb-rich chalk grasslands; the male with turquoise or azure-coloured wings (6) |
| MILKMAIDS | Male with kind maiden helps one of the Twelve Days of Christmas gifts (9) |
