| BARBARA | See picture clue: Plays Rita in ITV soap Coronation Street, ------- Knox (7) |
| SWINTON | See picture clue: Plays the White Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia movie series, Tilda (7) |
| SKARSGARD | See picture clue: Plays Perry Wright in Big Little Lies, Alexander --------- (9) |
| ANDERSON | See picture clue: Plays Margaret Thatcher in The Crown, Gillian -------- (8) |
| KNOX | Barbara _, actress who plays Rita in Coronation Street (4) |
| LASHANA | _ Lynch, plays Rita Marley in Bob Marley: One Love (7) |
| TRAINEE | One in education originally named after Rita in play |
| LANGLEY | Bruno ___, actor who plays Todd Grimshaw in ITV soap Coronation Street (7) |
| CALLARD | Beverley ___, actress who plays Liz McDonald in ITV soap Coronation Street (7) |
| CLEAVER | Sue ?, actress who plays Eileen Phelan in ITV soap Coronation Street (7) |
| GEORGIA | Actress who plays Toyah Battersby in ITV soap Coronation Street (7,6) |
| LINDSAY | Sally -, actress and comedienne who played Shelley Unwin in ITV soap Coronation Street (7) |
| ADAMSON | Peter -, actor who played Len Fairclough in ITV soap Coronation Street from 1961-83 (7) |
| LAIDLAW | Set down rule for Lorna, who starred as Aggie Bailey in ITV] soap Coronation Street (7) |
| EVAPOPE | Actress who played Rachel Mason in BBC TV series Waterloo Road and Tanya Pooley in ITV soap Coronation Street (3,4) |
| CHLOE | __ Howman, actress who plays Rita Freeman in Casualty (5) |
| ANDIE | ___ MacDowell Green Card actress who plays Rita Hanson in the 1993 film Groundhog Day |
| DENNIS | Husband of Rita in Coronation Street (6,6) |
| IRRITATED | Tired in a way ringing Rita in a bad mood (9) |
| UNASTUBBS | Rita in Til Death Do Us Part and Mrs Hudson in Sherlock (3,6) |
