| CRAIG | Rev Adam in Borderline (5,8) |
| MCGINLAY | Rev Adam in Borderline (5,8) |
| EOIN | DCI Philip Boyd in Borderline (4,6) |
| MACKEN | DCI Philip Boyd in Borderline (4,6) |
| PEDLADWALA | DC Shakir in Borderline (6,10) |
| RACHEL | And 41 Across DC Shakir in Borderline (6,10) |
| DWAYNEJOHNSON | Hobbs & Shaw actor who plays Black Adam in Black Adam: 2 wds. |
| HOMEWARDBOUND | In hospital room, borderline for being discharged? |
| CONTROVERSIAL | Borderline |
| INDETERMINATE | Borderline |
| FRINGEBENEFIT | Perk is borderline advantage (6,7) |
| SITONTHEFENCE | Take a borderline view? |
| THOMAS | Adam _, played Adam in Emmerdale (6) |
| PETERKRAUSE | Nate in Six Feet Under and Adam in Parenthood (5,6) |
| SYONHOUSE | Built in the sixteenth century and with interiors redesigned by Robert Adam in 1762, the London home of the Duke of Northumberland (4,5) |
| DWAYNE | ___ Johnson The Scorpion King actor who plays the role of Black Adam in the 2022 film Black Adam |
| MADASAMARCHHARE | Crazy as Adam in retirement, walk in step then run like billy-o! (3,2,1,5,4) |
| SYON | Tudor mansion in Middlesex that was remodelled by Robert Adam in the 1760s for his patron, Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland (4) |
| GIGANTIC | Great music show with singer Adam in charge |
| EDEN | Where God placed Adam, in Genesis |