| EDDINGTON | Paul -, starred in Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Mininster (9) |
| AARON | _ Paul, starred in Breaking Bad (5) |
| NICKFROST | Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World's End are three films in which this English actor, who played the role of Clive Gollings in Paul, starred (4,5) |
| HACKER | Jim ____ was played by Paul Eddington in Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister |
| JIMHACKER | Central character in the sitcoms Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister played by Paul Eddington |
| HUMPHREYAPPLEBY | Mandarin played by Nigel Hawthorne in Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister (8,7) |
| ANTONYJAY | Co-author, with Jonathan Lynn, of the TV series Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister who was knighted in 1988 |
| DIANAHODDINOTT | Actress who played Jim Hacker's wife Annie in Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister |
| BERNARD | Who did Derek Fowlds play in TV's Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister? (7) |
| HAWTHORNE | Sir Nigel ___, actor who played Sir Humphrey Appleby in Yes Minister (9) |
| WEDNESDAY | Member of 16A with Miliband and yes, Balls (9) |
| SISYPHEAN | Pointlessly hard ___ hard and, yes, pain's involved (9) |
| ALABASTER | "I'm ___, and, yes, I was legitimate, so don't ask." |
| EYEBALLED | Stared at and, yes, cried aloud |
| PAULEDDINGTON | Played Jim Hacker in Yes Minister (4,9) |
| FOWLDS | Derek, actor who appeared in the television series Yes Minister and Heartbeat (6) |
| MENINGREYSUITS | Manoeuvring characters in Yes, Minister gun for power brokers |
| DEREK | Played Bernard Woolley in Yes Minister (----- Fowlds) |
| HUMPHREY | First name of Nigel Hawthorne's character in Yes Minister (8) |
| APPLEBY | Sir Humphrey's surname in Yes Minister (7) |
