| NADIA | ___ Sawalha, actress who played late-1990s Walford criminal Annie Palmer (5) |
| NADIASAWALHA | English actress who played Annie Palmer in EastEnders from 1997 until 1999 |
| JULIA | Star of Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, _ Sawalha (5) |
| ANNIE | First name of Ms Palmer, the EastEnders character that was played by Nadia Sawalha in the 1990s (5) |
| WHERE | Late 1990s TV drama, ----- the Heart Is (5) |
| STEPS | Late-1990s pop group that featured singer Faye Tozer (5) |
| CUORE | Little Daihatsu that arrived in the UK in the late 1990s (5) |
| STARS | Space _ , Mitsubishi micro MPVs launched in the late 1990s (5) |
| LEVEL | Dane Bowers' boyband from the late 1990s, Another _ (5) |
| DEMIO | Boxy late 1990s release from Mazda (5) |
| PUTIN | Director of Russia's Federal Security Service in the late 1990s, Vladimir ... |
| MYBAD | "Mea culpa," late-1990s style |
| JFORD | Son of a 1970s president, or host of the weekend edition of the Today show in the late 1990s |
| IRABU | Pitcher Hideki of the late-1990s Yankees |
| FURBY | Late 1990s "must-have" toy |
| IMACS | Apple computers since the late 1990s |
| AMOCO | BP acquisition of the late 1990s |
| SPICEGIRLS | All-girl group who had three consecutive UK Christmas No 1 hits in the late 1990s (5,5) |
| SPACESTARS | Mitsubishi mini MPVS launched in the late 1990s (5,5) |
| RUSEDSKI | Canadian-born tennis player who became British No.1 in the late 1990s (8) |
