| OTIS | Former CBBC puppet presenter, ---- the Aardvark (4) |
| EDD | ___ the Duck, former CBBC puppet |
| AARDVARK | Otis the ____ was a late 1990s CBBC puppet presenter |
| DUCK | Edd the _, CBBC puppet (4) |
| MARC | Arthur the aardvark's creator Brown |
| ANDY | CBBC presenter of the 1980s and 90s, _ Crane (4) |
| DANI | Played Tracy Beaker in the CBBC series, ---- Harmer (4) |
| BELL | Angellica, ex-CBBC presenter who won Celebrity MasterChef in 2017 (4) |
| EVIE | ___ Pickerill, CBBC presenter (4) |
| NEXT | Canadian drama shown on CBBC, The _ Step (4) |
| RHYS | First name of Mr Stephenson, CBBC presenter, fourth on Strictly in 2021 (4) |
| OUCH | Operation ----!, CBBC show hosted by Chris and Xand van Tulleken (4) |
| TRIO | Time Warp _, CBBC animation (4) |
| LEAH | _ Williamson, first Lioness to read a CBBC story (4) |
| TYLERWEST | Kiss FM DJ and former CBBC presenter who took part in Strictly in 2022 (5,4) |
| ODUBA | Surname of Ore, the former CBBC presenter who won Strictly in 2016 (5) |
| ANTBEAR | A colonist has to tolerate the aardvark (3,?4) (7) |
| GROUNDHOG | The aardvark goes to earth, the pig! (6-3) |
| EARTHPIG | Another name for the burrowing mammal the aardvark or ant bear (5,3) |
| PBS | Home of Arthur the aardvark? |
