| TANISHA | _ Gorey, has been playing Coronation Street's Asha Alahan since 2009 (7) |
| HARKISHIN | Jimmi ___, has played Coronation Street shopkeeper Dev Alahan since 1999 (9) |
| CHELSEE | First name of Ms Healey who has been playing Goldie McQueen in Hollyoaks since 2016 (7) |
| KENNETH | Actor and director who has been playing cinematic Poirot, _ Branagh (7) |
| SHAMPOO | The pom has been playing with a ball and gets a wash (7) |
| WESTEND | Theater district where "The Mousetrap" has been playing continuously since 1952 |
| TRISTAN | _ Gorey, plays Levi, Summer Bay doctor and the brother of Stephanie Panozzo's character (7) |
| MARDELL | Alexandra _, had been playing Emma Brooker in Coronation Street (7) |
| BENEFIT | Been playing, in good health? That's an advantage (7) |
| CLIPPED | Smacked for having been playing with scissors? (7) |
| HOSEOFF | Get clean, as someone who's been playing in the mud |
| MACABRE | Like a Gorey story |
| BRIMFUL | ___ of Asha, single by Cornershop that reached number one in the UK chart in 1998 |
| SAM | English all-rounder Curran who has been playing for CSK since 2020 |
| ISLA | Flirtatious paramedic colleague of Asha Alahan in Coronation Street (4) |
| AADI | Twin brother of Asha Alahan, in Coronation Street (4) |
| ASHORE | Home from sea, has been playing round again (6) |
| BASTAREAUD | Mathieu - - - , ex-France centre who has been playing at No 8 for Lyon (10) |
| RAMIN | ___ Karimloo, West End star who has been playing Kian Madani in Holby City (5) |
| KHAN | Jonas _, actor who has been playing Zain Rizwaan (4) |
