| BREN | Sombre nurse covering Victoria Wood's character in dinnerladies (4) |
| FRODO | Elijah Wood's character in The Lord of the Rings (5) |
| ESAU | ___ Wood (character in a tongue twister) |
| ADMINISTER | A nurse covering up daughter's conduct |
| TOPEND | High-quality nurse covering surgery |
| WOOD | Comedian who created and starred in Dinnerladies, Victoria _ (4) |
| JEAN | Frenchman who could be a staunch ally of Dolly in dinnerladies (4) |
| REID | Anne ____ played Valerie Barlow in Coronation Street and Jean in Dinnerladies |
| DUNN | Andrew, actor who played canteen manager Tony Martin in Dinnerladies (4) |
| SEEN | Victoria Wood was as this on TV (4) |
| ANNEREID | English actress whose TV roles have included Valerie Barlow in Coronation Street, Jean in Dinnerladies and Celia Dawson in Last Tango in Halifax |
| ONTV | Words that follow Victoria Wood As Seen to give the title of a sketch show (2,2) |
| VICTORIAWOOD | BAFTA award-winning comedienne who wrote and starred in dinnerladies (8,4) |
| WALTERS | Petula in Dinnerladies, Julie ___ (7) |
| MAXINE | Twinkle in Dinnerladies, ___ Peake (6) |
| PETULA | Penny to lift a stringed instrument for Bren's mum in dinnerladies (6) |
| IMRIE | Celia _, appeared in Dinnerladies (5) |
| TWINKLE | Younger canteen worker played by Maxine Peake in Dinnerladies (7) |
| CELIA | Versatile English actress who appeared in dinnerladies, _ Imrie (5) |
| MAXINEPEAKE | Bolton-born actress in Dinnerladies and Shameless (6,5) |
