| JOANNALUMLEY | Star of Absolutely Fabulous and Sapphire & Steel (6,6) |
| LUMLEY | Joanna _, star of shows including Absolutely Fabulous and Sapphire & Steel (6) |
| JULIASAWALHA | Absolutely Fabulous and Lark Rise to Candleford actress (5,7) |
| JENNIFER | The creator and one of the stars of absolutely fabulous (8,8) |
| SAUNDERS | The creator and one of the stars of absolutely fabulous (8,8) |
| JOANNA | _ Lumley, star of Absolutely Fabulous |
| JULIA | Star of Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, _ Sawalha (5) |
| SAWALHA | English actress whose TV roles include Saffy Monsoon in Absolutely Fabulous and Lydia Bennet in Pride and Prejudice (5,7) |
| LEGENDARY | The policeman in Perpignan releasing me before the end of Absolutely Fabulous (9) |
| AESOP | Sit back after opening of "Absolutely Fabulous" man (5) |
| EDINA | Chaotic PA protagonist of Absolutely Fabulous, _ Monsoon (5) |
| CORUNDUM | Hard mineral form of alumina of which sapphire and ruby are varieties (8) |
| MYTHICAL | Of an old story, fabulous and fictitious (8) |
| STEEL | Sapphire and -, TV sci-fi drama starring Joanna Lumley and David McCallum (5) |
| TOPAZ | It's between quartz and sapphire on the Mohs scale of hardness |
| ALAMAINIAN | WHAT RUBY, DIAMOND, EMERALD, AND CITRINE, AMETHYST AND SAPPHIRE BELONG TO |
| ORE | RUBY, DIAMOND, EMERALD, AND CITRINE, AMETHYST AND SAPPHIRE, IN RAW FORM |
| ROMANTIC | Fellow taking it back about a bird being fabulous and dreamy (8) |
| ITSALIVING | Facetious reply downplaying one's fabulous and lucrative career |
| BACARDI | Company that now owns Dewar's, Bombay Sapphire and Grey Goose |