| CALLOW | Simon -, actor who played the King of Anatolia in 2003 comedy-drama film Bright Young Things (6) |
| VILEBODIES | 1930 novel by Evelyn Waugh adapted for the 2003 film Bright Young Things (4,6) |
| AUSTIN | Butler, who played the King and has a major role in Masters Of The Air (6) |
| CHURCH | Singer actress who played Olivia Edmonds in 2003 comedy-drama film I'll Be There (6) |
| BRYNNER | Actor who played the King of Siam in the 1956 musical The King and I (last name only) (7) |
| PEGG | Simon -, actor who played the title role in 2014 comedy-drama film Hector and the Search for Happiness (4) |
| JACOBI | Derek _, played the King in 2015's Cinderella (6) |
| FINERY | Young things going round in the ultimate in suave smart clothes |
| LITTER | Rubbishy young things? (6) |
| MILLS | Actor in Scott of the Antarctic and Bright Young Things who appeared with his daughters Juliet and Hayley in So Well Remembered (5) |
| CECIL | Forename of a photographer remembered for his portraits of members of the British Royal family and the "bright young things" (5) |
| PINUPS | Cuddly young things essentially kept on walls? (3-3) |
| CUTIES | Pretty young things |
| CHARLOTTE | Singer-actress who played Olivia Edmonds in 2003 comedy-drama film I'll Be There (9,6) |
| DYLAN | Bob -, singer-actor who starred as Jack Fate in 2003 comedy-drama film Masked and Anonymous (6) |
| OATES | Simon -, actor who played Dr John Ridge in 1970s BBC TV drama series Doomwatch |
| WILLIAMS | Simon -, actor who played James Bellamy in 1970s ITV drama series Upstairs, Downstairs |
| YUL | Actor Brynner who played the King in The King and I |
| IONIA | Ancient region comprising the central part of the western coast of Anatolia (in present-day Turkey) (5) |
| BREADWINNER | Married actor who played The King is, according to Spooner, the main earner (11) |
