| STRINGER | ___ Bell, character played by Idris Elba in the U.S. TV crime drama series The Wire (8) |
| MIAMI | ___ Vice, U.S. TV crime drama series starring Philip Michael Thomas and Don Johnson (5) |
| OZARK | U.S. TV crime drama series starring Jason Bateman and Laura Linney (5) |
| HEIMDALL | Asgardian played by Idris Elba in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (8) |
| KNUCKLES | Video game character voiced by Idris Elba in the 2022 film Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8) |
| MACAVITY | "Cats" role played by Idris Elba |
| BALTIMORE | U.S. city in which the TV crime drama series The Wire was set (9) |
| SHEREKHAN | Villainous tiger voiced by Idris Elba in The Jungle Book (5,4) |
| WAYDOWN | ___ In The Hole, Tom Waits song used as the title music for crime drama series The Wire (3,4) |
| LEBANESE | One from Cedar country has seen Elba in turmoil (8) |
| PETERS | Clarke, U.S. actor who played detective Lester Freamon in TV police drama series The Wire (6) |
| ZOOTOPIA | 2016 animated cop movie voiced by Idris |
| LUTHER | BBC crime drama featuring Idris Elba in the title role (6) |
| MANDELA | 2013 biographical film, subtitled Long Walk to Freedom, starring Idris Elba in the title role (7) |
| ROSS | ___ Geller, character in the U.S. TV sitcom Friends played by David Schwimmer (4) |
| NELSON | Mandela played by Idris Elba |
| GALECKI | Johnny, actor who played Leonard Hofstadter in the U.S. TV sitcom The Big Bang Theory (7) |
| INNES | Laura, actress who played Dr Kerry Weaver in the U.S. TV medical drama ER (5) |
| PATRICK | Protagonist of the 2008-2015 US crime drama series The Mentalist, played by Simon Baker (7) |
| JANE | Protagonist of the 2008-2015 US crime drama series The Mentalist, played by Simon Baker (4) |
