| SPACEY | US actor who became the director of London's Old Vic theatre, Kevin ... |
| LONDON | Old Vic Theatre city |
| TRAITORSGATE | Tower of London's old entrance for prisoners (8,4) |
| RONALDREAGAN | Former actor who became the 40th President of the United States (6,6) |
| RAMIMALEK | Actor who became the first one of Egyptian heritage to win an Oscar for Best Actor in 2019: 2 wds. |
| REAGAN | Actor who became the 40th US president (6) |
| POITIER | Sidney, late actor who became the first black Best Actor Oscar winner (7) |
| WATERLOO | The Old Vic and Young Vic theatres are in this London district |
| THEATRE | London's Old Vic, e.g. |
| JAMESDEAN | Rebel Without A Cause actor who became the first to receive a posthumous nomination for an Oscar (5, |
| SHATNER | William, ex-Star Trek actor who became the oldest person to go into space in 2021 (7) |
| LILIANBAYLIS | Who was a theatrical manager and the founder of the Old Vic as a centre of Shakespearean productions? |
| STRONG | Art historian Roy ____ became the youngest director of London's V&A museum in 1973 |
| DAVIDKOSSOFF | British actor who became an anti-drug campaigner after the death of his son Paul, guitarist in the band Free |
| PHILCOLLINS | English drummer, singer and actor who became lead singer of Genesis after the departure of Peter Gabriel (4,7) |
| SWASH | Joe ___, soap actor who became King of the Jungle (5) |
| CAMPION | Pinky-red flower of meadows, country lanes, hedgerows and woodlands from spring to early autumn; or, the director of The Piano and Top of the Lake (7) |
| GUTHRIE | Sir Tyrone, producer of many successful Shakespearean plays at the Old Vic during the 1930s (7) |
| PETERJACKSON | Name the director of the Lord of the Rings films. (5,7) |
| HUNT | Tristram, ex-Labour MP who is Director of London's V&A Museum (4) |
