| KERRIDGE | Tom ___, chef who opened The Hand & Flowers pub in Marlow in 2005 (8) |
| RICKSTEIN | English celebrity chef who opened his first seafood restaurant in Padstow in 1975 |
| ELBOW | The most sensuous word in the English language, according to Philip Marlow in Dennis Potter's The Singing Detective |
| GAMBON | Sir Michael -, actor whose roles have included Philip Marlow in Dennis Potter's drama The Singing Detective and Albus Dumbledore in some of the Harry Potter films (6) |
| RANDY | With 41-Across The Last Detail actor who played Lester Marlow in The Last Picture Show |
| HARTNETT | Angela _, chef who worked under Gordon Ramsay (8) |
| PTBARNUM | Who, in 1871, opened "The Greatest Show on Earth"? (1,1,6) |
| LONGLEAT | In 1966, which English stately home opened the first drive-through safari park outside Africa? (8) |
| AIREDOUT | Opened the windows to rid the room of staleness: 2 wds. |
| ARCHDUKE | VIP opened 'The Duck & Hare' (8) |
| LOOSENED | Gradually opened the string noodles distributed around Spain (8) |
| DISCOERA | Period often said to have begun on Valentine's Day, 1970, when David Mancuso opened the Loft |
| MILES | Bernard ?, actor who opened the Mermaid Theatre in London in 1959 (5) |
| BEER | Left-arm spinner who opened the bowling for Australia in a Test innings v West Indies in 2012 (4) |
| STOPES | Women's rights campaigner who opened the first birth control clinic in London in 1921 (6) |
| POOJA | Who opened the bowling for India in its first match of the recent Women's T20 World Cup? (5) |
| ROUX | Albert ___, chef who, with brother Michel, opened restaurant Le Gavroche in London in 1967 (4) |
| DAVIDNAREY | Footballer from Dundee United who opened the scoring for Scotland against Brazil in the 1982 FIFA World Cup (5,5) |
| ANGELINAJOLIE | Actress who opened the Shiloh Wildlife Sanctuary in Namibia: 2 wds. |
| SHAW | Who opened the scoring just two minutes into the final of Euro 2020? (4) |
