| MCKERN | Rumpole of the Bailey star Leo ... (6) |
| LEOMCKERN | Rumpole of the Bailey star (3,6) |
| LEO | Rumpole of the Bailey star (___ McKern) |
| HORACE | Leo McKern in Rumpole of the Bailey, ... Rumpole (6) |
| JURIST | Rumpole of the Bailey, e.g. |
| MORTIMER | Surname of the author of Rumpole of the Bailey (8) |
| BARRISTER | Practioner of the law such as Rumpole of the Bailey |
| HODGE | A rustic or countryman; an actress in Rumpole of the Bailey and a television adaptation of Rosamunde Pilcher's The Shell Seekers; or, Samuel Johnson's most famous cat (5) |
| JOHNMORTIMER | Author of Rumpole of the Bailey (4,8) |
| BAILEY | Rumpole of the _, TV series created by John Mortimer (6) |
| PENGE | The ___ Bungalow Murders, fictional legal case that was Rumpole of the Bailey's greatest triumph (5) |
| WIG | Head wear in a Rumpole of the Bailey story |
| HILDA | Rumpole of the Bailey's wife, 'she who must be obeyed' (5) |
| SHE | Rumpole Of The Bailey's wife Hilda was '... who must be obeyed' |
| BRIEFS | With which Rumpole represents boxers? (6) |
| RUMPLE | Rumpole loses nothing but a crinkle (6) |
| RUMPOLE | ___ of the Bailey, TV drama series starring Leo McKern as the titular barrister (7) |
| LAWYER | Rumpole perhaps getting wife into bed |
| HALLE | - Bailey, star of The Little Mermaid (5) |
| OUTER | Part of a castle's defensible perimeter, the ... bailey |
