| HERNIA | Woman's involved in a breakthrough (6) |
| ADJOIN | Be very close to little woman involved in a racket (6) |
| MASAAN | Critically acclaimed film in which Shweta Tripathi delivered a breakthrough performance in 2015. (6) |
| PIERCE | Knight, say, capturing rook to make a breakthrough (6) |
| SHARON | Woman involved with many Newmans (Y&R) |
| LOSTIN | ___ Translation, awardwinning film that proved to be a breakthrough for 6A (4,2) |
| IRINA | Woman involved in affair in Arkhangelsk? |
| RIFLE | Woman involved in resistance on French island produces a gun (5) |
| GRETA | Woman involved in Watergate cover-up? (5) |
| SHERD | Fragment for woman involved in old shillings and pence (5) |
| CARLA | Woman involved in international racket getting hauled up (5) |
| EVE | First woman involved in revenge (3) |
| BEDSHEET | Cover journalist, that woman involved in gamble (3,5) |
| EMILY | Woman involved in nervy Limehouse uprising |
| CONSTELLATION | Woman involved in scam, running into stars |
| UNSHEATHE | Reveal the woman involved in articles from France and England |
| IDA | Name of woman involved in torrid affair (3) |
| TINOPENER | One making a breakthrough in Cannes, reportedly? (3,6) |
| NEWWAVE | Called 'novelle vague' in French, if you are surfing this then you're in the forefront of a breakthrough movement (3,4) |
| SIEGEOFMAFEKING | Game of king - see if it's a breakthrough in long-running military standoff in Africa (5,2,8) |
