| ROFFEY | Monique ?, author of the novels Archipelago and House of Ashes (6) |
| OBRIEN | Edna ___, author of The Country Girls (1962) and House of Splendid Isolation (1994) (6) |
| RODLEY | English director of films including 2021's The Last Duel and House of Gucci (6) |
| HECATE | Body of water separating the Haida Gwaii archipelago and mainland British Columbia, ___ Strait |
| WITTIG | Monique who wrote "The Straight Mind" and "The Lesbian Body" |
| AMINOR | Key of "Stairway to Heaven" and "House of the Rising Sun" |
| ASIDES | Opening monologues of "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "House of Cards" |
| WOKING | Town in Surrey and home of a seven-metre tall sculpture of a Martian (6) |
| REEVES | Comedian who created Shooting Stars and House Of Fools with his double-act partner Bob Mortimer (6) |
| OCEANIA | How Australasia, the Malay Archipelago and the islands of the Pacific are collectively known (7) (7) |
| ELLESMEREISLAND | Part of the Arctic Archipelago and the most northerly area of land in Canada (15) |
| HIPGNOSIS | Punnily named design house that did the iconic album covers for "The Dark Side of the Moon" and "Houses of the Holy" |
| IRONS | Jeremy _, star of the films The Man In the Iron Mask and House of Gucci (5) |
| KANANGA | Despotic leader of the Caribbean nation of San Monique in the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let Die, played by Yaphet Kotto (7) |
| CAMPBELL | Neve _, star of the TV shows Party of Five and House of Cards (8) |
| DIET | Japan's national legislature, consisting of a House of Representatives and House of Councillors (4) |
| PROA | Multihulled sailing vessel found primarily in the Malay Archipelago and the South Pacific (4) |
| BRISBANE | Capital of the Australian state of Queensland and home of the Broncos rugby league team |
| LERWICK | The main port of the Shetland Islands and home of the annual Up Helly Aa fire festival (7) |
| CONGRESSIONAL | Of the Senate and House of Representatives (13) |
