| ALEXIS | ____ Michelle, stage name of U.S. drag queen and singer who starred in the ninth series of Ru Paul's Drag Race (6) |
| RUPAUL | U.S. drag queen and reality TV show judge born in 1960 (6) |
| GINO | Celebrity chef who won the ninth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! _ D'Acampo (4) |
| ICECUBE | Stage name of U.S. rapper born O'Shea Jackson (3,4) |
| BOA | Part of Ru Paul's getup, often |
| OPERETTA | Work with Queen and singer James on light musical drama (8) |
| COLDFEET | ITV drama with Hermione Norris, now in its ninth series (4,4) |
| ASIDE | Following 7 form of RU? It's not for all listeners! (5) |
| STRITCH | Elaine, U.S. stage actress and singer who starred in Noel Coward's Sail Away (7) |
| GARLAND | Judy ---, American actress and singer who starred in the 1939 film The Wizard Of Oz (7) |
| ETHELMERMAN | 20th-century American actress and singer who starred in Anything Goes on film and on Broadway in the 19305 (5,6) |
| GALATIANS | The addressees of Paul's epistle in the ninth book of the New Testament (9) |
| ASTRONOMER | Observer of the stars' movements like Caroline Herschel in the nineteenth century or Al-Battani in the ninth |
| SAMARIA | Ancient town, made the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel by Omri in the ninth century BC (7) |
| CARRIEFISHER | Late actress who will appear from archival footage in the ninth episode of the "Star Wars" movies in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| DIESEL | Vin, professional name of U.S. actor who plays Dominic Toretto in the Fast & Furious film franchise (6) |
| GAGA | Lady ____ , professional name of U.S. singer/songwriter who duetted with Ariana Grande on the 2020 single Rain On Me (4) |
| SAMMYCAHN | Professional name of U.S. lyricist who wrote the words for the song High Hopes (5,4) |
| TUNISIA | According to Greek legend, Dido founded the city of Carthage in this country in the 9th century BCE. That city is now a suburb of the country's capital. |
| TRILOGY | Harvey Fierstein's landmark Broadway play about a drag queen and the film version with the same titl |
