| LEELA | Sterile elastic masks a Doctor's companion in the 19705 (5) |
| BILLIE | Played Rose, the Doctor's companion in Doctor Who (------ Piper) |
| LANGFORD | Surname of Bonnie, the former child star in the 19705, who played Mel Bush in Doctor Who in both the 1980s and the 2020s (8) |
| LARVA | From the Latin for "ghost, mask", a caterpillar, tadpole or other immature creature that develops into a different adult form by metamorphosis (5) |
| RELEE | General's upsetting leer masks a trace of enigma (1,1,3) |
| PIPER | Played The Doctor's companion, Rose (Billie -----) |
| RHODA | 19705 US television sitcom starring Valerie Harper in the title role (5) |
| OATES | "I am just going outside and may be some time," were the last words of Scott's Antarctic companion in the tragic expedition of 1912, Captain ... |
| HYWEL | And 11 Down Welsh actor who voiced BR adverts in the 19705 featuring the slogan "we're getting there" (5, 7) |
| BENNETT | Welsh actor who voiced BR adverts in the 19705 featuring the slogan "we're getting there" (5, 7) |
| ROPER | Lasso wielder gives surname to main characters in 19705 sitcom George & Mildred (5) |
| KOJAK | 19705 TV detective series starring Telly Savalas as the title character (5) |
| PLEASE | Old school sitcom gratifies one, right, in the 19705 (6,3) |
| ECLAT | Make of 19705 Lotus fastback (5) |
| NEWAGE | Term for spiritual practices in vogue in the west since the 19705 (3,3) |
| RIOS | Modern-day Kia models whose name was originally used by Panther in the 19705 (4) |
| DISCOMUSIC | Sound of the 19705 |
| MOLE | Ratty and Badger's companion in The Wind in the Willows whose friend Toad resides in a hall reputed to have been modelled on Mapledurham House, Berkshire (4) |
| GIANTPANDA | Vulnerable creature adapting to change without a companion in the end (5,5) |
| AVOCADO | Buttery green guacamole-enriching toast-topping alligator pear whose English name in question masks a cheeky Aztec word for a certain anatomical pair (7) |
