| COPLEY | Paul _, veteran actor who was Downton's Mr Mason (6) |
| PERRY | Mr. Mason, character in stories by Erle Stanley Gardner (5) |
| PERR | Classic TV lawyer Mr. Mason, to pals |
| LESLEY | _ Nicol, aka Downton's Mrs Patmore (6) |
| COLDCHISELS | Mr Mason's chilly cutters? (4,7) |
| LOGAN | Downton's Mrs Hughes is cultivating holly sapling (7,5) |
| PHYLLIS | Downton's Mrs Hughes is cultivating holly sapling (7,5) |
| ALLEN | _ Leech, played Downton's Tom Branson (5) |
| ROACHE | Veteran actor who plays Ken Barlow in Coronation Street, William ------ (6) |
| DONALD | Veteran actor who played President Snow in The Hunger Games franchise, - Sutherland (6) |
| HAMLIN | Harry _, veteran actor famed for starring in Clash Of The Titans (6) |
| STAGER | Old ___: veteran actor |
| ELLIOTT | Sam _, veteran actor who appeared in 2018's A Star Is Born (7) |
| STAMP | Terence _, veteran actor who starred in 1967's Far From The Madding Crowd (5) |
| TIMOTHY | Christopher ___, veteran actor who played chess-loving Ted Murray in EastEnders (7) |
| DOUGLAS | Michael ___, veteran actor who turned 80 last year (7) |
| MEAGHER | Ray ___, veteran actor who has played Home and Away stalwart Alf Stewart for three decades (7) |
| EASTWOOD | Clint _, veteran actor who won an Academy Award for Best Director for 2004 film Million Dollar Baby (8) |
| ROBERT | Veteran actor and director who starred in The Sting and The Candidate, _ Redford (6) |
| BROLIN | James - veteran actor, father of Avengers: Endgame actor Josh (6) |
