| MELB | Spice Girl awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours list (3,1) |
| DAME | PICTURE A What title did this model get in the New Year's Honours list? (4) |
| TACITADEAN | English visual artist who was a nominee for the Turner Prize in 1998 and made an OBE in the 2013 New Year Honours list |
| SNELL | Lynda ___, well-meaning Ambridge resident with an MBE in The Archers (5) |
| CHERYLGILLAN | Former Secretary of State for Wales made a dame in the 2018 New Year's Honours list (6,6) |
| ERIC | Great Britain and Wigan rugby league captain awarded an MBE in 1966 (4,6) |
| JUNE | Ms Sarpong, TV presenter awarded an MBE in 2007 (4) |
| SIRS | New Year Honours titles |
| OBOE | Nothing in honours list award for one in orchestra |
| EARN | One may deserve to take in the New Year. Naturally (4) |
| MATTBAKER | Ex-One Show presenter made an MBE in 2022's Honours List (4,5) |
| ADILRASHID | Yorkshire and England right-arm leg break bowler named an MBE in King Charles III's Birthday honours list |
| LUKE | Teenage darts champion recently made an MBE (4,7) |
| EPHRAIM | ____ Mirvis, Chief Rabbi in the UK knighted in the 2023 New Year Honours (7) |
| SALLYGUNNELL | British 23D made an MBE in 1993 and OBE in 1998 |
| ADELE | Singer-songwriter who received an MBE in 2013 (5) |
| MBE | Abbreviation of one of five classes of appointment to the Order of the British Empire awarded at a New Year Honours ceremony, for example (1,1,1) |
| EVELYN | Scottish virtuoso percussionist made a Dame in the 2007 New Year Honours (6,7) |
| GLENNIE | Scottish virtuoso percussionist made a Dame in the 2007 New Year Honours (6,7) |
| CARRINGTON | Two elite NZ sportswomen who became dames in the 2022 New Year Honours (6,10) |
