| ADAM | _ Dalgliesh, detective who has been played by Martin Shaw and Bertie Carvel (4) |
| DALGLIESH | Which troubled poet and sleuth first appeared in PD. James's novel Cover Her Face (1962) and is the title of a British TV crime series (from 2021) starring Bertie Carvel? (9) |
| EVERYONE | Always And _, hospital drama starring Martin Shaw and Niamh Cusack (8) |
| INSPECTORGEORGEGENTLY | BBC One crime drama starring Martin Shaw and Lee Ingleby |
| KHAN | Star Trek villain who has been played by Ricardo Montalban and Benedict Cumberbatch (4) |
| ANNA | Heroine who has been played by Greta, Vivien, and Keira |
| EMMA | Jane Austen heroine who has been played by Gwyneth Paltrow (4) |
| AIDA | Opera title character who has been played by Maria Callas and Leontyne Price |
| DEED | Judge played by Martin Shaw in a BBC series 2001-2007 (4) |
| MISS | _ Marple, sleuth who has been played on the small screen by Joan Hickson and Geraldine McEwan (4) |
| NOAH | Biblical character who has been played on screen by Russell Crowe and David Threlfall (4) |
| OWEN | Steve _ Walford villain who was played by Martin Kemp (4) |
| FROM | 1963 James Bond film that featured Robert Shaw and Lotte Lenya (4,6,4,4) |
| ZEUS | He's been played by Olivier, Neeson, Crowe and Bean (4) |
| DALI | Artist who's been played by Adrien Brody, Robert Pattinson, and Ben Kingsley |
| CORK | County in which actors Fiona Shaw and Jack Gleeson were born (4) |
| MISSMARPLE | Agatha Christie character who has been played by Gerald McKeown, Julia McKenzie and Joan Hickson (4,6) |
| TUCA | Netflix animated series about two bird women, - & Bertie (4) |
| POIROT | Agatha Christie character who has been played by John Malkovich and David Suchet (6) |
| CARTER | Johnny _, Linda and Mick's son who has been played by three actors to date (6) |
