| PHYLLIDALAW | Scottish actress, mother of Emma Thompson (8,3) |
| WISE | Greg _, actor husband of Emma Thompson (4) |
| NEWMAN | Nanette ------, mother of Emma Forbes (6) |
| PHYLLIDA | Actress-mother of actress Emma Thompson (8,3) |
| JUDYGARLAND | Liza Minnelli's actress mother (4,7) |
| EXHORTATION | Urging former lover of Emma H to suppress this, initially (11) |
| MEASUREMENT | Size of Emma's tureen is all wrong (11) |
| LOE | Judy ___, actress-mother of actress Kate Beckinsale (3) |
| HAWN | Goldie, actress mother of the actress Kate Hudson (4) |
| NANETTE | Retired actress mother of TV presenter Emma Forbes, _ Newman (7) |
| KARENGILLAN | Scottish actress who played Amy Pond in Doctor Who (5, 6) |
| DEBORAHKERR | Scottish actress who appeared in 'From Here to Eternity' (1953) |
| TERRY | Ellen ___, British actress; mother of theatre practitioner Edward Gordon Craig (5) |
| ELLEN | British actress; mother of theatre practitioner Edward Gordon Craig (5,5) |
| GWYNETH | Actress mother of Chris Martin's children, ... Paltrow (7) |
| LADD | Diane _, actress mother of Laura Dern (4) |
| HEDREN | Tippi ___, actress mother of Melanie Griffith who played the title role in 1964 film thriller Marnie |
| DANNER | Actress Paltrow's actress mother (6) |
| MEARA | Ben Stiller's actress mother Anne |
| MELANIE | Dakota Johnson's actress mother, ___ Griffith (7) |