| GUERIN | Veronica_: murdered Irish journalist who was the subject of a 2003 film starring Cate Blanchett (6) |
| MIRANDA | Richardson or a 2003 film starring Christina Ricci (7) |
| BRIANINGLIS | Anglo-Irish journalist who presented All Our Yesterdays on ITV from 1961 to 1973 (5.6) |
| SEABISCUIT | Champion 1930s US racehorse, subject of a 2003 film (10) |
| NEMO | Title clown fish of a 2003 film |
| SPRINGER | Jerry -, US talk show host and subject of a 2003 opera (8) |
| COURIC | Journalist who was the first woman to guest-host "Jeopardy!" |
| CONSTANTINE | Fashion journalist who was the first celebrity to be eliminated on this year's Strictly Come Dancing (8,11) (see 22A) |
| SUSANNAH | Fashion journalist who was the first celebrity to be eliminated on this year's Strictly Come Dancing (8,11) (see 29D) |
| BURNET | Alastair, English journalist who was one of the original presenters of TV's News At Ten (6) |
| HEBERT | Jacques Rene, 18th-century journalist who was an ardent supporter of the French Revolution (6) |
| LEFANU | Sheridan -- --, Irish novelist and journalist who was called to the bar in 1839 (2,4) |
| YOUEAT | Words that follow You Are What to give the title of a 2003 Channel 4 series which was rebooted on Channel 5 in 2022 (3,3) |
| THEUSA | Words that follow Reborn In to give the title of a 2003 Davina McCall show (3,3) |
| SAWIII | Highest-grossing of a 2003-2010 horror franchise |
| GENOME | Content of a 2003 decryption |
| FREAKY | 2003 film starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan (6) |
| FRIDAY | 2003 film starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan (6) |
| MYSTIC | ___ River, 2003 film starring Sean Penn (6) |
| CASTLE | 2003 film starring Romola Garai as Cassandra Mortmain (6) |
