| KATHY | and 16, Actress who played Nora Batty in BBC TV sitA-com Last of the SumA-mer Wine (5,5) |
| STAFF | see 7, Actress who played Nora Batty in BBC TV sitA-com Last of the SumA-mer Wine (5,5) |
| IDA | 13 and 16 Actress-director who starred as Emily Bronte in 1946 film drama Devotion (3,6) |
| KATHYSTAFF | Actress who played Nora Batty in BBC TV sitcom Last of the Summer Wine |
| BASIL | 'Purple Ruffles' and 'Thai Sita' are two of the more unusual varieties of this culinary herb (5) |
| RAMA | Seventh avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu, married to Sita, an avatar of Lakshmi (4) |
| CHRISTMAS | Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding rom-com, Last _ (9) |
| CAMEROON | Home country of the Beti filmmaker and journalist Therese Sita-Bella |
| AMRITAS | Ram and Sita consumed drinks of the Gods (7) |
| ASTOR | First woman to sitA in the HouseA ofA Commons, d. 1964 (5) |
| KUSH | Son of Lord Rama and Sita |
| LUV | Son of Lord Rama and Sita |
| RAMAYANA | Nitesh Tiwari's ambitious project featuring Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Ram and Sai Pallavi as Goddess Sita (8) |
| HALFTERMHOLIDAY | School break in sum- ? (4-4,7) |
| LATISH | Somewhat behind in math, Sita longs to move up (6) |
| SATIATE | Full of tea Sita brewed (7) |
| RUNDOWN | Weak rA |
| OSTIA | Romae portus, urbs ad exitum Tiberis sita, o clades! |
| CASAS | Parva domicilia, ruri sita (acc pl) |
| ATOMISE | Make little Sita reflect about chant at temple's exit (7) |
