| ELLIOTT | Sam _, veteran actor who appeared in A Star Is Born (7) |
| TIMOTHY | Christopher ___, veteran actor who played chess-loving Ted Murray in EastEnders (7) |
| MEAGHER | Ray ___, veteran actor who has played Home and Away stalwart Alf Stewart for three decades (7) |
| DOUGLAS | Michael ___, veteran actor who turned 80 last year (7) |
| BRADLEY | Cooper, who directed and acted opposite Lady Gaga in A Star Is Born |
| MICHAEL | Veteran actor who co-starred in a vaccine advert (7,5) |
| GOODMAN | Veteran actor who has played Dan Conner in Roseanne and voiced Sulley in Monsters Inc, John - (7) |
| LINEKER | Ex-footballer who appeared in a number of adverts for Walkers crisps (7) |
| TERENCE | Veteran actor who starred in 1994 film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, ------- Stamp (7) |
| IDAHO | "Born in a trunk in the Princess Theater in Pocatello, ___": Ira Gershwin lyric from a song in "A Star is Born" |
| SINATRA | A star turn in a star turn (7) |
| BLESSED | Brian ___, veteran actor (7) |
| ARTISAN | A workman in a star turn (7) |
| KRISKRISTOFFERSON | Musician and actor who won a Golden Globe for his role in A Star Is Born |
| STAGERS | Old ___:veteran actors |
| STAMP | Terence _, veteran actor who starred in 1967's Far From The Madding Crowd (5) |
| TSARINA | Princess in a star, performing (7) |
| BRADLEYCOOPER | Lady Gaga's co-star and director in A Star is Born (2018) (7,6) |
| COPLEY | Paul _, veteran actor who was Downton's Mr Mason (6) |
| NOTRADE | Stipulation in a star athlete's contract |
