| MADONNA | Singer, actress and director with the last name Ciccone (7) |
| TOPEND | To writer and director with highest quality (3,3) |
| WOODS | Hong Kong film-maker and director with small golf clubs |
| NATASHA | Cartoon character with the last name Fatale |
| NATALIE | - Bassingthwaighte, singer, actress and TV presenter (7) |
| EMERALD | - - - Fennell, actress and director of Saltburn (7) |
| STCLAIR | Isla _, Scottish singer, actress and former game show co-host (2,5) |
| PATASSE | What is the last name of the president of the Central African Republic who was deposed by the rebel |
| CROWLEY | ...and the last name of the medic who was involved in his shady kidney transplant (7) |
| SURNAME | The last name is the same that's round an urn (7) |
| SIMPSON | The last name of TV's Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie (7) |
| ELECTRA | Sophocles play that's also the last name of a famous actress |
| CRYSTAL | Yell out the last name (7) |
| DAWKINS | EastEnders' Phil wanted to change the last name of his son from _ _to Mitchell (7) |
| GRANGER | The last name of "Hermione" |
| MOE | The Simpsons bartender with the last name Szyslak |
| APU | The Simpsons character with the last name Nahasapeemapetilon |
| MAUDIE | 2016 movie about the late Nova Scotia folk artist with the last name of Lewis |
| HURTLOCKER | Movie with the first female winner of the Oscar for Best Director, with "The" |
| REBA | Sitcom title character with the last name Hart |