| POPE | Philip _, KYTV star best known for role as Tony Angelino in Only Fools And Horses (4) |
| GROOM | Prepare for role as royal attendant |
| POPS | Modern music, English, by KYTV actor Philip (4) |
| GENE | - Hackman, screen star best known for playing Jimmy Doyle in The French Connection (4) |
| CHAN | Gemma -, actor known for roles in Captain Marvel and Crazy Rich Asians (4) |
| RITA | Actress who is currently starring as Tony Hutchinson's new fiancee in Hollyoaks (4,6) |
| EDNA | Film star Best |
| SIDE | West - - - Story, musical returning to the big screen this year with Ansel Elgort starring as Tony (4) |
| IRON | & 10A 2008 action film starring Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark (4,3) |
| JOHN | He has returned to Hollyoaks as Tony Hutchinson's half-brother Dom (4,7) |
| SWAN | Singer dying for role in Tchaikovsky masterpiece (4) |
| PART | Standard time for role in theatre (4) |
| CULKIN | Child star best known for his role in the Home Alone films, Macaulay ___ |
| MARVINGAYE | Motown star best known for I Heard It through the Grapevine (6,4) |
| MELORA | US actress and singer, known for roles in The Office and Monk, - Hardin (6) |
| HATS | Metaphor for roles |
| RODSTEWART | Pop star best known for singing "Maggie May" (3,7) |
| MCCALLUM | Surname of the recently-deceased Scots actor known for roles in 'NCIS' and 'Colditz' (8) |
| VINCENT | ___ Price, late US actor known for roles in horror films (7) |
| OTOOLE | Actor noted for roles in films and on stage such as T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia and Arthur Chipping in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1'5) |
