| BAMBER | (and 25 across) Presenter of 4, 15 down from 1962 to 1987 (6,9) |
| GASCOIGNE | Presenter of University Challenge from 1962 to 1987 (6,9) |
| PAXMAN | The presenter (surname) of 4, 15 down from 1994 to 2023 (6) |
| AMOLRAJAN | The presenter of 4, 15 down since 2023 (4,5) |
| ANITARANI | Previous presenter of Four Rooms who was replaced by Sarah Beeny (5,4) |
| BRUCEFORSYTH | Late 11 and 21 Across presenter (5,7) |
| ADAPT | Find one's way around five characters in 15 down, from the start (5) |
| COUNTERMEASURES | Antidotes from 11, 16 or 19 and 4, 15 and 24 |
| HILLSTREETBLUES | Emmy-winning police drama of 1981 to 1987: 3 wds. |
| NEXTTONATUREART | See 4 (15) |
| DESERVESTHEFAIR | See 4 (15) |
| COMPREHENSIVELY | Thoroughly pleasant clothing before female's 4 (15) |
| QUADRUPLICATION | Multiplication by four (15) |
| REGINALDMAUDLING | Tory chancellor of the exchequer from 1962 to 1964 and then home secretary from 1970 to 1972 (8,8) |
| SHAWTAYLOR | Presenter of the TV show Police 5 from 1962 to 1992 (4,6) |
| SINGLETON | Val, presenter of Blue Peter from 1962 to 1972 (9) |
| VALERIESINGLETON | A regular presenter of the world's longest-running children's TV show, from 1962 to 1972 |
| ZCARS | BBC police series set in the north of England which ran from 1962 to 1978 (1-4) |
| YAMANI | Sheikh ___, Saudi Arabian minister of petroleum and mineral resources from 1962 to 1986 |
| ISAACS | Jeremy ___ , Chief Executive of Channel 4 from 1981 to 1987 |
