| SARKER | Sunetra _, former Casualty actress currently appearing in Ackley Bridge (6) |
| MAUREEN | _ Lipman, veteran actress currently appearing in Coronation Street (7) |
| LESLEY | - - - Manville, actress currently appearing on stage in Les Liaisons Dangereuses (6) |
| AMANDA | ___ Mealing, former Casualty actress (6) |
| JOYNER | Actress Jo and someone enlisting in Ackley Bridge, we hear (6) |
| RENOWN | Celebrity currently appearing in shortened version of Rent (6) |
| SCHOOL | Large group of fish at Ackley Bridge, eg (6) |
| NORTON | Kerry Wyatt actress, currently on maternity leave in Emmerdale (5,6) |
| ACKLEY | _ Bridge, drama with ex- Casualty star Sunetra Sarker (6) |
| CONNIE | _ Beauchamp, former Casualty character played by Amanda Mealing (6) |
| ELINOR | _ Lawless, Casualty actress who plays Stevie Nash (6) |
| SUNETRA | Actress who plays Kaneez Paracha in Ackley Bridge, _ Sarker (7) |
| BRIDGE | Word that follows Ackley to give the title of a series set in a multicultural academy school which ran from 2017 until 2022 (6) |
| BAGA | ___ Chipz, Ru Paul's Drag Race UK star set to appear in Ackley Bridge (4) |
| NICHOLLS | Paul, actor who played Steve Bell in Ackley Bridge (8) |
| EDMONDSON | Ade _, comedian currently appearing in Eastenders (9) |
| DINSDALE | Reece _, actor currently appearing in Emmerdale (8) |
| REECE | _ Dinsdale, currently appearing in Emmerdale as addict Paul (5) |
| JODIE | _ Prenger, West End star currently appearing in Coronation Street (5) |
| ONTRIAL | Currently appearing in a court of law (2,5) |
