| LYTHGOE | Surname of Nigel, a judge on Popstars in 2000 and the US version of So You Think You Can Dance between 2005-19 (7) |
| BENAINSLIE | English sailor and three-times Olympic gold medallist, in the Laser class in 2000 and the Finn class in 2004 and 2008 |
| LIBERTYX | Group formed by the finalists who failed to make it into the winning group Hear'Say on Popstars in 2001 (7,1) |
| GERI | _ Halliwell-Horner, former Spice Girl who was a judge on Popstars: The Rivals (4) |
| CARELL | Steve, actor who starred in The Big Short and the US version of The Office (6) |
| GELATO | Nigel (a tobacconist) supplies Italian ice cream (6) |
| TENNANT | Starred in the UK and the US versions of Broadchurch (David -------) |
| HARMAN | Surname of Nigel who played Dennis Rickman in EastEnders in the 2000s and took part in Strictly in 2023 (6) |
| FARAGE | Surname of Nigel, the controversial politician who took part in I'm A Celeb in 2023 (6) |
| PLANER | Surname of Nigel who played Neil in the 1980s sitcom The 8 Down (6) |
| PAULA | Judge Abdul of "So You Think You Can Dance" |
| CAT | The host of So You Think You Can Dance? _ Deeley (3) |
| NIGEL | Lythgoe of "So You Think You Can Dance" |
| GATESHEAD | Town on the Tyne, site of a tilt bridge depicted on first-class stamps in 2000 and British one pound |
| ONETRUE | Words that when followed by Voice gives the name of the boy band who lost to Girls Aloud on Popstars: The Rivals in 2002 (3,4) |
| GWB | Pol. who joined past winners Hitler and Stalin as TIME Magazine's Man of the Year in 2000 and 2004 |
| RUSSELLCOUTTS | Sailor who won the America's Cup with Black Magic in 1995, Team New Zealand in 2000, and Alinghi in 2003 (7,6) |
| HYLTON | Surname of Javine who took part in Popstars: The Rivals in 2002 and went on to have five Top 20 singles (6) |
| ALOUD | Permitted to hear girls in band formed on Popstars: The Rivals in 2002 (5) |
| OLYMPIC | They were in Sydney in 2000 and Athens in 2004, the ... Games (7) |
