| JENNA | Actress who played the female lead in US television sitcom Dharma & Greg (5) |
| ELFMAN | Actress who played the female lead in US television sitcom Dharma & Greg (6) |
| TRAUMA | Anguish when ex-President shortly gains lead in America (6) |
| NIXON | Who (Marni ___) provided the singing voice for the female leads in the films The King and I, My Fair Lady and West Side Story? (5) |
| LEIGH | Surname of the female lead in Gone with the Wind (5) |
| STOWE | Madeleine, female lead in the films We Were Soldiers and Impostor (5) |
| GETTY | Estelle ?, Emmy Award-winning actress who played Sophia in US television sitcom The Golden Girls (5) |
| DAVID | And 11d Actor and director who played Ross Geller in US television sitcom Friends (5,9) |
| HUSSEY | Olivia ?, actress who played the female lead in 1968 film drama Romeo and Juliet (6) |
| GLYNISBARBER | Actress who played the female lead in 1980s ITV cop series Dempsey and Makepeace (6,6) |
| RUTHCRACKNELL | Who played the female lead in the ABC series Mother and Son (1984-1994)? (4,9) |
| ELOPE | Make like Dharma and Greg |
| ALLEY | Kirstie ?, actress who played Rebecca Howe in US television sitcom Cheers (5) |
| VANCE | Vivian ?, Emmy-winning actress who played Ethel Mertz in US television sitcom I Love Lucy (5) |
| HONOR | Actress who played the first female lead, Cathy Gale, in TV's The Avengers from 1962 to 1964 (5,8) |
| ARTERTON | Gemma ___, actress who played the female lead in 2013 action film Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (8) |
| MEGRYAN | Actress who played the female lead in 2001 film comedy Kate & Leopold (3,4) |
| RYAN | Meg ?, actress who played the female lead in 2001 comedy Kate & Leopold |
| DAVIS | Viola - - -, female lead in the 2016 movie Fences (5) |
| NADIA | Name of female lead in next opera coming up (5) |