| SIMPSON | OJ ___, sports star and actor who was represented by Robert Kardashian in his controversial murder trial (7) |
| SCHWIMMER | David _, actor who played Robert Kardashian in The People vs OJ Simpson (9) |
| OJSIMPSON | Controversial American football star and actor, who died recently (1,1,7) |
| CHINA | For decades, this major country was represented in the UN only by the island of Taiwan (5) |
| BUMBLEBEE | Insect whose flight was represented in an opera by Rimsky-Korsakov |
| TERREGLES | Where in Scotland the Queen was represented in St Leger? (9) |
| BOBHOPE | American comedian and actor who was born in England and died aged 100 in 2003 (3,4) |
| ELVISPRESLEY | Singer and actor who was drafted into the US Army in 1958 (5,7) |
| ICE | Rapper and actor who was in 1991's Boyz n the Hood, --- Cube (3) |
| DARIOFO | Italian playwright and actor who was awarded the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature (5,2) |
| CHESNEY | ___ Hawkes, singer and actor who was a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother in 2025 (7) |
| CALVIN | Contemporary fashion label creator who pioneered designer jeans and is known for his controversial a |
| HENRYMILLER | His controversial novels Tropic Of Cancer and Tropic Of Capricorn were banned in the US (5,6) |
| SINATRA | Frank ---, 20th Century American singer and actor who was nicknamed Ol' Blue Eyes (7) |
| COLETTE | French author and actor who was awarded the 1948 Nobel Prize for literature (7) |
| AUTRY | 20th Century American singer and actor who was nicknamed the Singing Cowboy (4,5) |
| GENE | 20th Century American singer and actor who was nicknamed the Singing Cowboy (4,5) |
| MULANEY | John ___ American stand-up comedian and actor who was a writer for Saturday Night Live |
| NEWLEY | Anthony, English singer and actor who was the second husband of Joan Collins (6) |
| PHILHARRIS | US bandleader and actor who was married to the actress Alice Faye from 1941-95 (4,6) |
