| BELLAMY | Naturalist who inspired Lenny Henrys grapple me grapenuts catchphrase (7) |
| DUDLEY | Sir Lenny Henry's home town (6) |
| CHEF | Lenny Henry's culinary comedy |
| LAMARCK | Jean-Baptiste ___ 1744-1829, French naturalist who worked in the field of evolution (7) |
| ADAMSON | Joy ___, naturalist who authored books Born Free and Living Free (7) |
| DURRELL | Naturalist who wrote the Corfu trilogy including My Family and Other Animals (7) |
| OFAKIND | see 41dn, 1980s BBC comedy sketch show that starred Tracey Ullman, Lenny Henry and David Copperfield |
| REAUMUR | Temperature scale in which the freezing point of water is 0degrees and the boiling point is 80degrees, named after the French naturalist who introduced it in 1730 (7) |
| RAFFLES | With an ant, butterfly fish, horse race, woodpecker and the world's largest flower named after him, a statesman and naturalist who founded Singapore, the Zoological Society of London and London Zoo (7 |
| AUDUBON | Naturalist who painted birds |
| JOHNRAY | English Christian naturalist who produced the first biological definition of the term 'species' in 1686 (4,3) |
| DAWNFRENCH | Who married comedian Lenny Henry in 1984? (4,6) |
| COMICRELIEF | Charity founded 1985 by Richard Curtis and Lenny Henry (5,6) |
| NEWFACES | 70s talent show on which Lenny Henry was discovered (3,5) |
| FACES | New_; television talent show where Lenny Henry found fame (5) |
| DAWN | Ms French, comedienne formerly married to comedian Lenny Henry (4) |
| TISWAS | Saturday morning TV show that featured Chris Tarrant and Lenny Henry (6) |
| THEMAGICIANS | 2011 stage tricks show hosted by Lenny Henry (3,9) |
| LITTLE | Three _ Birds, drama penned by Sir Lenny Henry (6) |
| OTT | Late-night 1980s TV show with Chris Tarrant and Lenny Henry (3) |
