| CILLA | and 22ac, Former host of ITV shows The Moment of Truth, Blind Date and Surprise Surprise! who died in 2015 (5,5) |
| JOHNSON | See 11Ac, Former wrestler now enjoys hand jiving (6,7) |
| HARRY | Presenter of ITV shows You've Been Framed! and Alien Fun Capsule, Hill (5) |
| ITSTIME | Momentum with steam, for example, shows the moment is right to be avantgarde (5,2,3,4) |
| AHEADOF | Momentum with steam, for example, shows the moment is right to be avantgarde (5,2,3,4) |
| CHIMNEYSWEEPER | William Blake poem beginning "When my mother died I was very young" (with "The") |
| MISIDENTIFIED | "Subversive feminist died", I observed, having been given the wrong name |
| DOYLE | Bodie's partner in old ITV show The Professionals (5) |
| DISTRESS | Died, I make quite clear, in great suffering (8) |
| BRITISHSOAP | Annual ITV show: The ___ Awards (7,4) |
| DIVISION | Conflict died, I dream (8) |
| BLACK | Cilla ---, singer who hosted the TV shows Blind Date and Surprise Surprise |
| CRUNCH | Word imitative of a loud champ, chew or chomp of a croquette or bite of a biscuit; a crisis; a credit squeeze; a sit-up; or, the moment of truth (6) |
| BURNS | Gordon ?, Northern Ireland-born presenter whose credits include ITV series The Krypton Factor and Surprise, Surprise (5) |
| NORDEN | Denis ___, retired comedy writer; former presenter of ITV show It'll Be Alright on the Night (6) |
| GOMERPYLE | 1960s TV character who often said "Surprise, surprise, surprise!" |
| WILLOUGHBY | see 14ac, Television presenter whose credits include Feel the Fear, Surprise Surprise and Dancing on Ice (5,10 |
| RILEY | Lisa ?, actress and presenter whose credits include ITV shows You've Been Framed and Fat Friends (5) |
| ZEROHOUR | The moment of truth? (4,4) |
| TESTINGTIME | The moment of truth for a would-be record-breaker? (7,4) |
