| RONNIE | Brother of Edison who briefly thought he was Michael's dad in Coronation Street (6) |
| GLEES | In Burn Notice, actor Sharon ___ was Michael's mother Madeline Westen |
| DANIEL | Bertie Osbourne's dad in Coronation Street (6) |
| EDISON | Weatherfield man relieved that he is Michael's dad after all (6,6) |
| BAILEY | Weatherfield man relieved that he is Michael's dad after all (6,6) |
| LALA | "___ Land" (movie that didn't win Best Picture, though everyone briefly thought it had) (2 wds.) |
| LES | The French identify Leanne Battersby's absent dad in Coronation Street (3) |
| KIRK | Spartacus actor (and Michael's dad), ... Douglas |
| CYGNET | One thought he was ugly until he started swanning around |
| OTOOLE | Actor whose character thought he was God in "The Ruling Class" |
| HERMIT | Tim is with her? Thought he was a recluse! |
| SPARKY | In a children's story, which boy thought he could hear the train talk? (6) |
| SIDEON | Invention of Edison taken from a 90degrees angle (4-2) |
| DONITZ | Karl, naval commander who briefly succeeded Hitler as German head of state (6) |
| ANNEKA | _ Rice, celebrity who briefly took part in last year's Strictly (6) |
| TUCKER | Kayak instructor at HOP who briefly went out with Aaron Dingle in Emmerdale (3,6) |
| MCHALE | Community star who briefly had a Netflix show, Joel _ (6) |
| LOU | Resident of Ramsay Street who thought he was turning 70 last year, but was actually turning 71! (3,9) |
| IDIYOUKNOW | "That Amin guy who thought he was King of Scotland, right?" |
| GETBACK | #1 Beatles hit that starts "Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner" |