| REDMAYNE | Men ready to move with Eddie, star of C4 epic The Pillars of the Earth (8) |
| BRACKEN | Eddie, star of 1944 film The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (7) |
| LODGEMENT | Get old men ready for deposit (9) |
| CATECHU | Resin men ready for baptism ? (7) |
| BATHURST | Star of TV dramas The Pillars of the Earth and Downton Abbey, Robert -------- (8) |
| FOLLETT | Ken -; author of the Kingsbridge series of novels including The Pillars of the Earth,World Without End and The Evening and the Morning (7) |
| HERCULES | Rocks at Gibraltar which guard the western entrance to the Mediterranean, the Pillars of ... |
| KENFOLLETT | Welsh author whose novels include Eye of the Needle and The Pillars of the Earth (3,7) |
| STANDING | Pillars of the 2Dn community? (8,6) |
| THECANOE | The Thief, His Wife And _ _, drama with Eddie Marsan (3,5) |
| CARDINAL | Wild clan raid on pillar of the church (8) |
| LAMPPOST | Pillar of the community highlighting hit job (8) |
| PEARLJAM | Seattle band with Eddie Vedder on lead vocals (5,3) |
| KEN | The Pillars of the Earth author Follett |
| COLUMNAEATRII | The pillars of the hall, holding up the roof around the impluvium |
| COLUMN | One of the pillars of the press? (6) |
| ATLAS | In Greek mythology, a Titan who held up the pillars of the universe (5) |
| EARTH | The Pillars of the __, by Ken Follett (5) |
| ODOWD | See picture clue: Star of C4 sitcom The IT Crowd, Chris -'---- (1'4) |
| LONGFELLOW | Poet remembered for narratives and ballads including The Wreck of the Hesperus, The Village Blacksmith and his epic The Song of Hiawatha (10) |