| APPLEBY | Sir Humphrey --, character in 'Yes Minister' (7) |
| HUMPHREY | First name of Nigel Hawthorne's character in Yes Minister (8) |
| MENINGREYSUITS | Manoeuvring characters in Yes, Minister gun for power brokers |
| BERNARD | Hacker's private secretary in Yes, Minister (7) |
| HAWTHORNE | Sir Nigel ___, actor who played Sir Humphrey Appleby in Yes Minister (9) |
| NIGELHAWTHORNE | Actor who played Sir Humphrey in Yes, Minister |
| NIGEL | He played Sir Humphrey Appleby to perfection in Yes, Minister, ... Hawthorne |
| HUMPHREYAPPLEBY | Knighted mandarin played by Nigel Hawthorne in Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister (8,7) |
| GILBERT | Sir Humphrey, 16th Century explorer who was a half-brother of Sir Walter Raleigh (7) |
| RALEIGH | Half-brother of Sir Humphrey Gilbert who popularised tobacco in England (7) |
| HACKER | Jim ____ was played by Paul Eddington in Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister |
| DIANAHODDINOTT | Actress who played Jim Hacker's wife Annie in Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister |
| EDDINGTON | Paul -, starred in Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Mininster (9) |
| SHOWERY | Rain has come in, yes. How terribly wet! (7) |
| JIMHACKER | Paul Eddington in Yes, Minister (3,6) |
| DEREK | Played Bernard Woolley in Yes Minister (----- Fowlds) |
| LSE | Alma mater of Jim Hacker in Yes, Minister (3) |
| PAULEDDINGTON | Played Jim Hacker in Yes Minister (4,9) |
| YES | Nigel Hawthorne played Sir Humphrey Appleby in this comedy (--- Minister) |
| MINISTER | Paul Eddington's comedy with Sir Humphrey Appleby, Yes ... (8) |
