| DOSTOEVSKY | Parties veto motion by broadcaster and writer (10) |
| MACPHERSON | Archie ----, football broadcaster and author (10) |
| TROTSKYIST | Clip by broadcaster on top left-winger (10) |
| LUDOVIC | Sir -- Kennedy, 1919-2009, Scottish broadcaster and writer (7) |
| BRAGG | Broadcaster and writer Lord Melvyn or singer Billy |
| ADRIAN | Broadcaster and writer, _ Chiles (6) |
| CLAUDIAWINKLEMAN | English broadcaster and writer who presents The Traitors (7,9) |
| GRAY | Muriel ?, broadcaster and author of novels The Ancient and Furnace (4) |
| BRANDRETH | Gyles ?, broadcaster and writer; Conservative MP for the City of Chester from 1992-97 (9) |
| RYANTUBRIDY | Irish broadcaster and writer who has presented The Late Late Show on RTE from September 2009 |
| FEARNE | Broadcaster and author, _ Cotton (6) |
| PETERPAUL | 'Perpetual Motion' by Rubens (5,4) |
| STARTUP | Set in motion by leading sheep (5,2) |
| LOCO | "The ___-Motion" by Little Eva |
| HULA | Do a waving motion by the ocean, say |
| LAUNCH | Set in motion by American during mid-day meal (6) |
| POLLYANNISH | Insufferably optimistic plan is only put in motion by husband |
| EVA | "The Loco-Motion" by Little ___ |
| BALK | False motion by a baseball pitcher |
| MELVYNBRAGG | Broadcaster and author appointed a life peer in 1998, presenter of The South Bank Show (6,5) |