| FEARGAL | Singer and water campaigner who popped up in Ambridge recently (7,7) |
| SHARKEY | Singer and water campaigner who popped up in Ambridge recently (7,7) |
| CHER | Singer who popped up in the Mamma Mia! sequel (4) |
| HELEN | Absolutely Fabulous actress who popped up in Corrie recently (5,7) |
| LEDERER | Absolutely Fabulous actress who popped up in Corrie recently (5,7) |
| HUGHES | Liver Birds actress who popped up in Doctor Who, Nerys _ (6) |
| BATEMAN | Tess ___, Charlie Fairhead's old working buddy who popped up in Casualty (7) |
| GWYNETH | ___ Strong, Only Fools & Horses actress who popped up in EastEnders (7) |
| DIMITRI | _ Poulos, Theo's abusive father who popped up in Summer Bay (7) |
| DES | ___ Clarke, original Neighbours character who popped up in Erinsborough (3) |
| WALKEN | Christopher _, US actor who popped up in The Outlaws (6) |
| GEMMA | _ Merna, former Hollyoaks actress who popped up briefly in Corrie recently (5) |
| SANTINO | Fabrizio _, Hollyoaks star who recently popped up in EastEnders (7) |
| PHILARCHER | Farmer and patriarch in Ambridge who was voiced by Norman Painting (4,6) |
| OFLATE | Recently popped up in metal foundry ... (2,4) |
| RUTHIE | _ Henshall, star who has popped up in Coronation Street(6) |
| ARCHER | One who hopes to frequent the Bull in Ambridge? |
| THEARCHERS | BBC Radio soap opera set in Ambridge that began in 1950 (3,7) |
| NARRATIVE | River boatman popped up in simple story (9) |
| CHUBB | Arthur _, aka Fatboy, popped up in an EastEnders flashback (5) |