| RILEY | Rachel ---, maths expert on the TV game show Countdown |
| DENT | Susie ___, lexicographer on the TV game show Countdown (4) |
| DAWES | George ___, the man with the scores played by Matt Lucas on the TV game show Shooting Stars |
| RACHEL | Maths expert on Countdown, _ Riley (6) |
| RICHARDWHITELEY | The original host of the TV game show Countdown (7,8) |
| WHITELEY | Richard, original presenter of the TV game show Countdown (8) |
| ROBINSON | Anne, Nick Hewer's successor as presenter of TV game show Countdown (8) |
| NICHOLASPARSONS | English actor who presented the radio show Just a Minute and the TV game show Sale of the Century (8,7) |
| LEEMACK | English comedian who hosts the TV game show The 1% Club (3,4) |
| GORDONBURNS | Host of the TV game show The Krypton Factor from 1977 to 1995 |
| HEWER | Nick ?, former advisor to Lord Sugar on BBC TV series The Apprentice; presenter of Channel 4 game show Countdown (5) |
| CONUNDRUM | Name of the challenge in the final round of the game show Countdown (9) |
| OED | Champs' prize on the UK game show "Countdown" |
| RIDER | Rachel ***** , presenter on British game show 'Countdown' since 2009 (5) |
| NOEL | ___ Edmonds, presenter of the TV game show Deal Or No Deal (4) |
| JIMBOWEN | English stand-up comedian who presented the TV game show Bullseye (3,5) |
| DENNIS | Les, English comedian who presented the TV game show Family Fortunes from 1987 to 2002 (6) |
| DUSTYBINS | Nickname for Class 321 EMUs, from the TV game show 3-2-1 (5,4) |
| VERNON | ____ Kay, English presenter who hosted the TV game show All Star Family Fortunes (6) |
| RICHARD | Host of Channel 4 game show Countdown who died in 2005 (7,8) |
