| HEWER | Nick - - -, outgoing Countdown host (5) |
| RILEY | Rachel - - -, Countdown host, pictured above (5) |
| LYNAM | Former Grandstand and Countdown host, Des _ (5) |
| JOSIE | ___ Murray, Countdown host (5) |
| COLIN | Ulster-born Countdown host, _ Murray (5) |
| KASEM | Radio countdown host Casey |
| KEITH | "Countdown" host Olbermann |
| DESLYNAM | Former Grandstand and Countdown host (3,5) |
| MELDRUM | Countdown host, Molly ... (7) |
| DES | Former Countdown host, - Lynam (3) |
| ANNE | Countdown host, _ Robinson (4) |
| NICK | ___ Hewer, Countdown host (4) |
| RICHARD | Original Countdown host, ___ Whiteley (7) |
| NONETHEWISER | Score for nine is accepted by Countdown host: UNWITTING |
| STELLING | TV presenter and ex Countdown host, Jeff _ (8) |
| CARR | 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown host, Jimmy _ (4) |
| RACHEL | ___ Riley, Countdown host whose Valentine is dancer Pasha Kovalev (pictured left and right) (6) |
| MURRAY | Colin, TV and radio presenter confirmed in 2023 as main Countdown host (6) |
| JEFFSTELLING | Des O'Connor's predecessor as Countdown host (4,8) |
| OCONNOR | One of several former Countdown hosts, Des _'_ (1'6) |
