| COAL | _____ dale, Alberta |
| ALANA | ___ -Dale |
| GINA | Irish popsters ___, Dale Haze and the Champions |
| INYOU | "The Leader ___" (Dale Carnegie self-help book) |
| OER | "___ dale and hill the summons flew": Sir Walter Scott |
| SHANA | ___ Dale, first woman to serve as deputy administrator of NASA |
| NIDDER | ___dale, upland area of Yorkshire, home to merlin and golden plover (6) |
| ALENA | ___-_-Dale: one of Robin Hood's Merry Men. (4,1) |
| DINGLE | Lisa __, Dales woman (6) |
| HOOTON | James ___, Dales star behind Sam Dingle (6) |
| TARN | Malham ___, Dales glacial lake (4) |
| LAKELY | Lizzie __, Dales woman who works at the sweet factory (6) |
| HOPE | Bob __, Dales father of Cathy and Heathcliff who's been worried about Brenda Walker's health recently (4) |
| ESTATE | Home Farm __, Dales house where Declan Macey is set to spend a joyless Christmas (6) |
| SPENCER | Sean and Amelia __, Dales brother and sister (7) |
| FARM | Butler's __, Dales home and workplace of the Bartons (4) |
| SAM | __, Dales resident whom Tracy Shankley talked to on adult chatlines! (3,6) |
| ATKINSON | Thomas ___, Dales actor who plays Lachlan White (8) |
| WEBB | Charley ___, Dales actress currently on maternity leave from playing Debbie Dingle (4) |
| HOLLIDAY | Carl ___, Dales little'un wanted back by his biological mother Juliette (8) |
