| KPOPS | Movie in which Anderson .Paak's character moves to South Korea and meets his long-lost son |
| EVITA | Musical whose main character moves to Buenos Aires |
| GEORGE | Walford landlord who shares his name with his long-lost son, nicknamed Junior (6,6) |
| KNIGHT | Walford landlord who shares his name with his long-lost son, nicknamed Junior (6,6) |
| MICHAEL | Coronation Street chap who recently thought he had found his long-lost son Gavin (7,7) |
| KYOTO | Move to South of Eastern capital, a nearby city |
| GERMANY | Country that failed to reach the knockout stage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup after losing 2-0 to South Korea |
| ENE | India-to-South Korea dir. |
| SECRETAGENT | Conrad character moves centre stage |
| DOLAN | Last name of Kat Slater's long-lost son in EastEnders (5) |
| DEAN | Marcus ___, long-lost son of evil Pierce Harris in Emmerdale (4) |
| NATE | ___ Robinson, long-lost son of Cain Dingle in Emmerdale (4) |
| PHILOMENA | Drama starring Judi Dench as a woman searching for her long-lost son (9) |
| MOORE | James ___, actor who plays Charity Dingle's long-lost son Ryan Stocks (5) |
| REDWATER | EastEnders spin-off that followed Kat's search for her long-lost son (8) |
| HUGO | French novelist who, in order to prevent outings or procrastination thus forcing him to meet his deadline for writing The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, instructed that his clothes be hidden by his valet (4 |
| ATO | With Kaz and Nik, one of the three Spheriks, mascots for the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan |
| PETER | He dashed from France to England to meet his half-sisters Anna and Gina Knight in EastEnders (5,5) |
| BEALE | He dashed from France to England to meet his half-sisters Anna and Gina Knight in EastEnders (5,5) |
| NEMESIS | Seems to get in difficulty, and meets one's bete noire (7) |