| THIERRY | The name of Brooke Hathaway's baby who was adopted in Hollyoaks (7) |
| FRAN | Brooke Hathaway's mum, who was also Becca Dean's prison killer, in Hollyoaks (4) |
| RIPLEY | They were cross about Brooke Hathaway's attempts to help with the stall in Hollyoaks (6,6) |
| LENNOX | They were cross about Brooke Hathaway's attempts to help with the stall in Hollyoaks (6,6) |
| KALEL | Baby who was renamed Clark Kent |
| MERCEDES | The name of a daughter of a marketing strategist was adopted in 1901 as the name for which car? (8) |
| GASLIGHT | Released in 1944, what film's name was adopted in the 1990s to describe psychological manipulation of a person? (8) |
| MAGNACARTA | Document whose original version was annulled by the Pope the same year it was adopted, in 1215 |
| ARIZON | SITE OF BROOKE AND RIDGE'S SOUTH AMERICAN WEDDING (B&B) |
| SUDDENLYSUSAN | '90s sitcom of Brooke Shields |
| TERI | Actress Shields, mother of Brooke |
| VANESSA | Name invented by Jonathan Swift that was adopted as the genus of butterflies that includes the painted lady and red admiral (7) |
| REDARMY | What name was adopted by a Japanese international terrorist group and the militaries of the Hungarian Soviet Republic and the Bavarian Soviet Republic? (3,4) |
| TABLOID | A trademarked name for a medicine was adopted for what style of newspaper? (7) |
| CLEMENT | Which name was adopted by 14 popes (7) |
| CAMELOT | What mythical place of Arthurian legend was adopted as an idealised reference to President John F. Kennedy's administration? (7) |
| NEWBORN | Baby who's just been delivered |
| VIETNAM | Asian country from which Lily was adopted on "Modern Family" |
| MELISSAGILBERT | Little House on the Prairie actress who was adopted one day after she was born: 2 wds. |
| FAYE | Weatherfield child who was adopted by Anna (4,7) |
