| CHRISTINE | Nice shirt ruined by Ms Keeler, as played by Sophie Cookson (9) |
| LACHRYMACHRISTI | Personnel wearing frilly waterproof shirt, ruined by one sweet wine |
| PICTUREDAY | When a student might wear a nice shirt (2 wds.) |
| COMPLIMENT | "Nice shirt," perhaps |
| CATHERINE | _ Cookson, British novelist whose works include The Cinder Path (9) |
| THESILENT | Catherine Cookson novel featuring the character Irene Baindor published posthumously in 2001 (3,6,4) |
| SANSA | Character played by Sophie Turner in Game of Thrones, ___ Stark (5) |
| STARK | Game of Thrones lady played by Sophie Turner, Sansa ___ (5) |
| ACE | 1980s Doctor Who companion who was played by Sophie Aldred (3) |
| REDJOAN | 2018 British spy drama film starring Judi Dench and Sophie Cookson (3,4) |
| SOPHIE | _ _ _ _ _ _ Cookson, actress who plays the title role in The Trial Of Christine Keeler (6) |
| SMASH | Runaway hit for Dave Nice's fellow DJ Mike, as played by comedian Paul Whitehouse (5) |
| CHEECH | Part of cliche echoed by Joe Dominguez in Nash Bridges, as played by Mr Marin (6) |
| ADLER | Irene, as played by Lara Pulver in Sherlock, has finally played Lear, unusually (5) |
| THELMA | Hamlet as played by Corrie actor Ms Barlow (6) |
| HACKETT | The tack worked out by Steve as played by Patrick Mower in 1970s series Target (7) |
| MEDUSA | As played by Uma Thurman in a Percy Jackson film, or modelled by Ray Harryhausen (6) |
| POSNER | Wendy _, Dales woman played by actress Susan Cookson (6) |
| EVE | As played by Joanne Woodward in 1957, she had three faces |
| BASSOON | As played by a swimmer with nothing on? (7) |
