| LADYWINDERMERE | She was Fanny, with her last success in former scale only (4,10) |
| EXCELSIOR | Higher still in former scale - or replacing us |
| TWIN | Double agent's last success (4) |
| SOL | Note in scale, only not E |
| MARIACALLAS | Her last appearance as an opera singer was in Tosca at Covent Garden in 1965 |
| ADELE | Superstar singer who told the crowd at her concert in Munich on Saturday that she'd be taking an "incredibly long" break after her last few Las Vegas residency shows are finished |
| IRISH | Murdoch to her last, as she was born? (5) |
| ELLE | Who did Lola Glaudini play in Criminal Minds? Her last name was Greenaway. |
| JESS | Who did Jessica Napier play in The Alice? Her last name was Daily. |
| MARILYNMONROE | Her last completed film role was in The Misfits (7,6) |
| DULKO | Argentine who beat Martina Navratliova in her last Grand Slam singles game, in 2004, Gisela ... (5) |
| GODHELPTHECHILD | Title that Toni Morrison said she was "forced" to use for her last novel |
| TRAVELOGUE | In 2002 Joni said this was her last LP (10) |
| NASTY | Janet Jackson song where she claims that her middle name is Privacy and her last name is Control |
| TAYLORSWIFT | This superstar filed suit last week against bedding company (her last name + HOME), claiming their new logo resembles her signature |
| RENE | Who played Mel Gibson's wife in the film Ransom? Her last name is Russo. |
| LATHERS | Froths formed from soap in her last play |
| HARRIET | ___ Finch, has preached her last sermon at St Mary's church in the Dales (7) |
| MARNIE | ___ Nightingale, breathed her last on Donna-Marie Quinn's shoulder in Hollyoaks (6) |
| TROG | 1970 sci-fi film starring Joan Crawford in her last big-screen performance |