| CHEECH | Part of cliche echoed by Joe Dominguez in Nash Bridges, as played by Mr Marin (6) |
| MARIN | Insp. Joe Dominguez in Nash Bridges, Cheech ... (5) |
| SFPD | Org. in "Nash Bridges" and "Ironside" |
| MEDUSA | As played by Uma Thurman in a Percy Jackson film, or modelled by Ray Harryhausen (6) |
| CHERUB | Young angel in middle of cliche rubric (6) |
| SHARIF | Has fir transplanted for Corrie's Mr Nazir, as played by Marc Anwar (6) |
| OLIVER | As played by Mark Lester in a musical! (6) |
| WALLIS | Gromit's master, we hear, identifies Mrs Simpson, as played by Cynthia Harris (6) |
| TRANCE | Dance music style as played by Robert Miles, Paul Oakenfold, John Digweed etc (6) |
| BLEETH | Some questionable ethics of Baywatch and Nash Bridges star Yasmine (6) |
| THELMA | Hamlet, as played by a woman (6) |
| OKEEFE | Jodi Lyn ___ of "Nash Bridges" |
| MINIME | Dr Evil's clone, as played by Verne Troyer (4-2) |
| IDIOMS | Kin of cliches |
| LANG | Antagonist of the film Rocky III, played by Mr T (7,4) |
| CLUBBERLANG | Rocky's opponent in Rocky III played by Mr. T: 2 wds. |
| BARACUS | BA, character played by Mr T in the 1980s TV series The A-Team (7) |
| LOVELOCK | A long tress or braid of hair adorned by an Elizabethan or Jacobean "man of fashion"; or, as two words, a device attached to a bridge as a romantic gesture (8) |
| ADLER | Irene, as played by Lara Pulver in Sherlock, has finally played Lear, unusually (5) |
| HACKETT | The tack worked out by Steve as played by Patrick Mower in 1970s series Target (7) |
