| DUANECHAPMAN | True name of reality TV star Dog the Bounty Hunter, who became famous in 2003 for tracking down a U.S. heir who'd jumped bail and fled to Mexico |
| GELLER | Surname of Uri who became famous in the 1980s for bending spoons (6) |
| IVANA | First wife of reality TV star and former US president Donald Trump (5) |
| BOBAFETT | Star Wars bounty hunter who fights on Tatooine (4,4) |
| GEMMA | First name of reality star Ms Collins (5) |
| BOLT | 2008 Disney movie about a TV-star dog |
| SPY | 2015 comedy with Melissa McCarthy as a CIA employee tracking down a nuke |
| PENSIONHEADACHE | Hassle of tracking down a missing retirement payment? |
| DWARF | Very small device for tracking down internal strife |
| HUNTING | Searching for, tracking down (7) |
| ACTAEON | Hunter who became a stag will perform for a long time (7) |
| CAPTAINKIDD | William, the (unsuccessful) pirate hunter who became a legendary pirate himself (7,4) |
| LLBEAN | Hunter who became a clothier |
| AANDE | "Dog the Bounty Hunter" network, and a hint to the theme in this puzzle's four longest answers |
| NESBITT | Surname of Northern Irish actor who became famous for playing Adam Williams in the ITV drama Cold Fe |
| ERNIEDINGO | In Wenders's Until the End of the World (1991), who played the bounty hunter Burt? (5,5) |
| BETH | ___ Chapman passed; wife of Dog the Bounty Hunter (4) |
| SHIRINEBADI | Iranian lawyer and activist awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 for her efforts for democracy and human rights, especially rights for women and children (6,5) |
| DUANE | Dog the Bounty Hunter's first name |
| OTOOLE | Peter ---, Anglo-Irish actor who received an honorary Oscar in 2003 for his body of work (6) |