| TUNIE | Tamara ___ (costar of 9 Down on 31 Across) |
| DANN | Actor Florek (costar of 9 Down on 31 Across) |
| ICE | ___ -T (costar of 9 Down on 31 Across) |
| DREWE | Rom-com with Gemma Arterton as the eponymous heroine, Tamara ___ (5) |
| BECKWITH | Celebrity socialite and 90s 'It Girl', Tamara _ (8) |
| COAST | Cornwall's Tamara ___ _ ___ Way - Ascot to Ascot oddly! (5, 2, 5) |
| TOCOAST | Cornwall's Tamara ___ _ ___ Way - Ascot to Ascot oddly! (5, 2, 5) |
| RONIN | Masterless samurai of feudal Japan, e.g. one of the 47 retainers of Asano Naganori who famously avenged his death on 31 January 1703 (5) |
| GEESE | Six of these are 'a-laying' on 31 December (5) |
| SYLVESTER | Christian saint whose feast day is held on 31 December (9) |
| DORNAN | Jamie ___, costar in the "Fifty Shades of Grey" movies |
| ANTHONY | Actor born on 31 December, - - - - - - - Hopkins See pic |
| USSR | State dissolved on 31/12/1991 (4) |
| VANVLEUTEN | Dutch cyclist who won the Tour de France Femmes on 31 July 2022 (8,3,7) |
| ANNEMIEK | Dutch cyclist who won the Tour de France Femmes on 31 July 2022 (8,3,7) |
| RTEONE | Third and current name for a national TV channel launched on 31 December 1961 |
| III | Mission: Impossible ___ costars Ving Rhames |
| CATAMARAN | Tamara is found in container in sea-going craft (9) |
| SPANISH | Nationality of ballet dancer Tamara Rojo (7) |
| RASTA | In Arras, Tamara became member of cult (5) |
