| LEO | --- Mckern, star of old TV drama Rumpole of the Bailey (3) |
| WIG | Head wear in a Rumpole of the Bailey story |
| SHE | Rumpole Of The Bailey's wife Hilda was '... who must be obeyed' |
| MORTIMER | Surname of the author of Rumpole of the Bailey (8) |
| LEOMCKERN | Rumpole of the Bailey star (3,6) |
| HORACE | Leo McKern in Rumpole of the Bailey, ... Rumpole (6) |
| BARRISTER | Practioner of the law such as Rumpole of the Bailey |
| HODGE | A rustic or countryman; an actress in Rumpole of the Bailey and a television adaptation of Rosamunde Pilcher's The Shell Seekers; or, Samuel Johnson's most famous cat (5) |
| MCKERN | Rumpole of the Bailey star Leo ... (6) |
| JOHNMORTIMER | Author of Rumpole of the Bailey (4,8) |
| PENGE | The ___ Bungalow Murders, fictional legal case that was Rumpole of the Bailey's greatest triumph (5) |
| HILDA | Rumpole of the Bailey's wife, 'she who must be obeyed' (5) |
| JURIST | Rumpole of the Bailey, e.g. |
| LOST | Old TV drama about the survivors of a plane crash (4) |
| BAILEY | Rumpole of the _, TV series created by John Mortimer (6) |
| ERIK | Star of old US police drama, CHIPS, ---- Estrada (4) |
| ARTHUR | Star of old comedy series The Golden Girls, Bea ------ (6) |
| IRONSIDE | Old TV drama set in San Francisco |
| MARS | Life on ___, old TV drama series starring John Simm (4) |
| DESIARNAZ | Bandleader/TV star of old |
