| LOUISE | - - - Hibbard, wife of former Lions hooker Richard who runs the Hideout Cafe in Aberavon (6) |
| STEPHENKINNOCK | MP for Aberavon, married to former Danish PM, Helle Thorning-Schmidt |
| BEAUTIFUL | Sally Field film starring Minnie Driver as Mona Hibbard (9) |
| ABET | Help to the hideout, e.g. |
| OUTSIDE | Not in the house? Yes, in the hideout Sid erected (7) |
| BERCOW | Celebrity Big Brother contestant in 2011 and wife of former Speaker of the House of Commons (5,6) |
| BECKER | Who ran the first leg for Ireland in the women's 4x400m final at the Paris Olympics? (6) |
| IMELDA | Wife of former president of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos (6) |
| AUDREY | __ Roberts, Weatherfield woman who runs the local salon and used to be the lady mayoress (6) |
| DONALD | First name of he who runs the Miss Universe quest (6) |
| MADOFF | American fraudster who ran the largest Ponzi scheme in history, d. in prison 2021 (6) |
| DENNIS | Hollyoaks man who runs the Emporium shop (6,6) |
| SHARMA | Jai __, man who runs the sweet factory in Emmerdale (6) |
| PARTED | Went away to catch up with who runs the paper (6) |
| CHERIE | Wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair (6) |
| BRUNEI | Wife of former President tours European nation (6) |
| COLEEN | _ Rooney, wife of former footballer Wayne (6) |
| TURTLE | Novel written by Blanche d'Alpuget, wife of former PM Bob Hawke, ... Beach |
| NORRIS | __ Cole, Weatherfield gossip who runs the Kabin (6) |
| PEOPLE | You, me and the lady who runs the bakery |
