| DUFFY | Stella ?, author of novels London Lies Beneath and The Purple Shroud |
| GIBBONS | Stella, author of Cold Comfort Farm (7) |
| MARTIN | Author of the 1989 novel London Fields, _ Amis (6) |
| AMIS | Martin _, author of the 1989 murder mystery novel London Fields (4) |
| NATIONALPORTRAITGALLERY | Race or trip at largely novel London attraction (8,8,7) |
| MAEVE | Stella ?, US actress who portrayed Sandy West in 2010 biopic The Runaways |
| UNDER | Beneath and covered by (5) |
| OCEAN | One is believed to lie beneath the icy crust of Saturn's Enceladus |
| ILICE | Hylas lies beneath a dark 'oak tree', Ecl. 6.54 |
| ROUTE | What's said to lie beneath e.g. primrose path (5) |
| UNDERWORLD | Traditional word for the land of the dead that lies beneath the earth, or a term denoting criminal gangs and the people involved in them |
| DENTINE | Hard calcified part of a tooth that lies beneath the enamel and surrounds the pulp cavity (7) |
| SCOTTTUROW | "All my novels are about the ambiguities that lie beneath the sharp edges of the law" speaker |
| TAPROOT | The primary organ of a plant which lies beneath the surface (7) |
| RIMINGTON | Stella ?, Director General of the Security Service from 1992-96 |
| HAROLD | "___ and the Purple Crayon" (1955 kids' book, or a 2024 film) |
| UNDERTOW | Wave's recoil goes beneath and to the West (8) |
| PALE | The Kashimiri song went, "... hands I loved beside the Shalimar; Where are you now? Who lies beneath |
| SUBSOIL | Reserves -- fuel that lies beneath what lies beneath (7) |
| LAUNDER | Clean up what's beneath and behind American city (7) |
