| VERITY | Yazz Cunningham set Shaq Qureshi up on a date with this Hollyoaks lady (6) |
| FAMILY | Shaq is doing his best to reunite with this Hollyoaks lady (6) |
| DEXTER | Diane Hutchinson tried lining up this Hollyoaks lady to take her marital place (5,6) |
| SIENNA | Martha recently claimed that this Hollyoaks lady is Jeremy Blake's daughter (6) |
| TEA | Hot beverage served by Tom and Yazz Cunningham at Park Cafe in Hollyoaks (3) |
| KAT | Frankie Osborne caught her dad in bed with this Hollyoaks newcomer (3,5) |
| OMARI | Frankie Osborne caught her dad in bed with this Hollyoaks newcomer (3,5) |
| YASMINE | ___ Maalik, star behind Yazz Cunningham in Hollyoaks (7) |
| KRISTIN | With 13-Across: "Sex and the City" actress who revealed on her podcast "Are You a Charlotte?" earlier this week that she had been set up on a date in the 1990s with 23-Across |
| LEELA | Diane Hutchinson tried lining up this Hollyoaks lady to take her marital place (5,6) |
| TYPE | He's really not my ___ (Don't set me up on a date with him) |
| RAMSEY | He went on a date with Maxine Minniver in Hollyoaks (4,6) |
| NADIRA | Shaq Qureshi nearly married her in Hollyoaks (6,5) |
| ESCORT | A car to go on a date with? (6) |
| PARATA | Summer Bay personal trainer, who recently went on a date with newcomer Jo (4,6) |
| MAALIK | Maiden name of Tom Cunningham's estranged wife Yazz in Hollyoaks (6) |
| ELAINE | "Seinfeld" character who goes on a date with Keith Hernandez |
| OMAR | Mantra chanted by a river by Mr Malik, AKA Shaq Qureshi in Hollyoaks (4) |
| BEAU | He went on a date with Maxine Minniver in Hollyoaks (4,6) |
| VALLI | Shaq Qureshi nearly married her in Hollyoaks (6,5) |
