| KEELEY | TV actress who took a leading role in Ashes to Ashes and the relaunched Upstairs, Downstairs (6,5) |
| HAWES | TV actress who took a leading role in Ashes to Ashes and the relaunched Upstairs, Downstairs (6,5) |
| BURTON | Hollywood star who will appear in the relaunched Neighbours (6,6) |
| MISCHA | Hollywood star who will appear in the relaunched Neighbours (6,6) |
| SUN | British newspaper, the relaunched version of the (3) |
| PHILIP | Star of Ashes to Ashes and Life on Mars, ------ Glenister (6) |
| GENE | Hereditary unit of DCI Hunt in Ashes to Ashes (4) |
| GLENISTER | Gene Hunt in Ashes to Ashes, Philip --------- (9) |
| STARRED | Took a leading role, at some stage (7) |
| USHERED | Took a leading role on Broadway |
| DIANEKEATON | US actress who played a leading role in 2018 film Book Club (5, 6) |
| KEELEYHAWES | Ashes to Ashes actress (6,5) |
| VESUVIUS | The eruption of this volcano in 79 CE buried the cities of Pompeii, Oplontis, and Stabiae under ashes and lapilli and the city of Herculaneum under a mudflow. (8) |
| SWEENEY | Surname of Claire, the former Brookside actress who took part in the first series of Celebrity Big Brother and the first series of Strictly (7) |
| STEADMAN | Actress who took the lead role in Mike Leigh's 1977 TV play Abigail's Party (6,8) |
| ALISON | Actress who took the lead role in Mike Leigh's 1977 TV play Abigail's Party (6,8) |
| KHAN | Surname of Sair, the Corrie actress who took part in I'm A Celeb in 2018 (4) |
| RYLANCE | Mark ---, 2018 Tony Award Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play nominee for Farinelli and the King (7) |
| MITCHELL | Which US senator played a leading role in the negotiations which led to the Good Friday Agreement? (8) |
| PATRICIAHODGE | Stage and TV actress who played the title character's mother in Miranda |
