| IBBA | ___ Ahmed, 'wife-swapped' with love-rat dentist Adam Bateman in Eastenders (4) |
| HABIBA | Relative of Arshad who was seeing dentist Adam Bateman in Eastenders (6,5) |
| AHMED | Relative of Arshad who was seeing dentist Adam Bateman in Eastenders (6,5) |
| HONEY | Walford's Adam Bateman was cheating on ___ Mitchell with Habiba Ahmed (5) |
| TONY | This Corrie love rat had an affair with Tracy Barlow that ended in disaster (4,7) |
| IQRA | ___ Ahmed, is missing her sister Habiba in EastEnders (4) |
| BALE | Christian _, starred as Patrick Bateman in American Psycho (4) |
| SYED | _ Ahmed, appeared in The Apprentice series 2 (4) |
| ABIY | ___ Ahmed Ethiopian Prime Minister who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 |
| VERA | Woman taken in by love rat |
| ARSHAD | ___ Ahmed, fosters children with his wife in Albert Square (6) |
| CHRISTIANBALE | Actor who starred as Patrick Bateman in the 2000 film American Psycho (9,4) |
| LINNEY | Laura _, co-stars with Jason Bateman in Ozark(6) |
| TELLY | Box 19 having article inside swapped with second in 14 (5) |
| QUISLING | Parisian who succeeded with girl initially after rejecting love rat (8) |
| ALEKS | Latvian love rat and manager of EastEnders" Bridge Street Market (5,7) |
| INETA | Daughter of love-rat EastEnders market inspector Aleks (5,7) |
| TWOTIMER | Tango with Oti Mabuse exhausted Romeo and love rat (3-5) |
| SUZANNE | __ Packer, actress who plays Tess Bateman in Casualty (7) |
| MCADAMS | Rachel ___ stars opposite Jason Bateman in the black comedy Game Night (7) |
