| FRIEL | One-time Brookside actress who starred in Pushing Daisies (4,5) |
| ANNA | One-time Brookside actress who starred in Pushing Daisies (4,5) |
| ANNAFRIEL | Actress who has starred in Pushing Daisies and Marcella (4,5) |
| SWEENEY | Surname of Claire, the former Brookside actress who took part in the first series of Celebrity Big Brother and the first series of Strictly (7) |
| ELLISON | Jennifer ___, former Brookside actress who has been a Loose Women panellist (7) |
| LISA | _ Faulkner, former Brookside actress who has been a Celebrity MasterChef victor (4) |
| ALEX | ___ Fletcher, former Brookside actress who now plays Hollyoaks' Diane Hutchinson (4) |
| CLAIRE | First name of former Brookside actress Ms Sweeney who took part in the first-ever Celebrity Big Brother in 2001 and Dancing On Ice in 2023 (6) |
| TOMLINSON | Ricky ___, actor who starred in The Royle Family with his Brookside colleague Sue Johnston (9) |
| EDNACROSS | Character in Brookside played by Betty Alberge from 1983 to 1985 |
| LIVERPOOL | City where Brookside Close was located (9) |
| GABRIELLE | Ex-Brookside star portraying Fern (9) |
| SUE | ___ Johnston, Brookside actress (3) |
| HANDOFF | Official physical assistance first in pushing opponent away in rugby (4-3) |
| THRUST | Force used in pushing (6) |
| LEEPACE | Actor who played Ned on Pushing Daisies |
| TWO | Number of seasons of "Pushing Daisies" |
| NED | Owner of the Pie Hole on "Pushing Daisies" |
| IDIOM | "Pushing daisies" or "six feet under" |
| TWIST | Actress in various Doctor Who roles in 2024; Rosie Banks in Brookside from 1993-96 (5,5) |
