| FLINTOFF | Surname of Freddie who presented Top Gear from 2019 until 2022 (8) |
| CLARKSON | Motoring journalist who was the main presenter of Top Gear from 2002-2015 (8) |
| TIFFNEEDELL | Racing driver who presented Top Gear and Fifth Gear |
| STARR | Surname of Freddie, the comedian who withdrew from I'm A Celeb in 2011 for health reasons (5) |
| CHRIS | Radio host who formerly presented Top Gear (5, 5) |
| EVANS | Radio host who formerly presented Top Gear (5, 5) |
| GREATEST | Word which when placed between The and Dancer gives the title of a show which ran from 2019 until 2020 (8) |
| ALGERIAN | Metal weave in gear from part of Africa (8) |
| MONTREUX | Swiss city that contains a statue of Freddie Mercury on its waterfront (8) |
| PARGETER | Last name of Freddie and Lily, Elizabeth's twins in The Archers (8) |
| UNSADDLE | Used Land Rover to take gear from Arabian (8) |
| STRIPOFF | Remove the gear from small dandy from Split (5,3) |
| FEDERATE | Ally of Freddie regularly dropped charge (8) |
| ASTROBOY | 2009 animation starring the voice talent of Freddie Highmore in the title role |
| DONTHATE | Words that when followed by The Playaz gives the title of a hip-hop comedy panel show which ran from 2018 until 2022 (4,4) |
| HAWTHORN | AFL club with Jeff Kennett as president until 2022 (8) |
| DESANTIS | Ron ___, governor of Florida from 2019 who was a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination |
| CAPUTOVA | President of Slovakia, from 2019 to 2024 (6,8) |
| ASHLEIGHBARTY | Australian tennis player who was ranked #1 in the world from 2019 until her retirement in 2022: 2 wds. |
| MADEPERFECT | Words that follow Your Home to give the title of a show presented by Angela Scanlon which ran from 2019 until 2023 (4,7) |