| BASILBRUSH | Puppet whose companions have included Rodney Bewes and Derek Fowlds |
| LIKELY | The ___ Lads, comedy starring Rodney Bewes and James Bolam (6) |
| CHEAT | Do, with a companion, have tea out (5) |
| ANDHORSES | Merely chumps with clothes dryers - and that included Rodney (4,5,3,6) |
| ONLYFOOLS | Merely chumps with clothes dryers - and that included Rodney (4,5,3,6) |
| LADS | James Bolam and Rodney Bewes' '60s series, The Likely ... (4) |
| THELIKELYLADS | 1960s sitcom starring James Bolam and Rodney Bewes |
| ROY | and 9ac, Actor who succeeded Derek Fowlds in 1973 as straight man in BBC TV programme The Basil Brush Show (3,5) |
| BERNARD | Who did Derek Fowlds play in TV's Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister? (7) |
| BLAKETON | Actor Derek Fowlds was Oscar _ in Heartbeat. |
| NORTH | Roy ?, actor who succeeded Derek Fowlds in 1973 as straight man in BBC TV children's programme The Basil Brush Show |
| RUBENS | Artist whose companion pair The Rainbow Landscape and A View of Het Steen in the Early Morning depict his country house and estate in Brabant at harvest time (6) |
| CLAPTON | Guitarist and singer with the Yardbirds, Creme, and Derek and the Dominos before his solo career (7) |
| ERICCLAPTON | Member of Cream, Blind Faith and Derek and the Dominoes (4,7) |
| BASILBRUCH | Glove puppet whose catchphrase is 'Boom boom' (5,5) |
| PINOCCHIO | Walt Disney animation about a puppet whose nose grows when he tells lies (9) |
| HOWDYDOODY | Classic TV puppet whose name sounds like a colloquial greeting |
| SOOTY | TV puppet whose pals include Sweep the dog (5) |
| ELMO | Fuzzy red puppet whose name anagrams to "mole" |
| LIKELYLADS | The ___, 1960s sitcom starring Messrs Bolam and Bewes (6,4) |
