| JAI | HOP manager who attempted to frame Ben Tucker for the recent tragedy in Emmerdale (3,6) |
| SHARMA | HOP manager who attempted to frame Ben Tucker for the recent tragedy in Emmerdale (3,6) |
| TRIMMED | Tidied up and attempted to frame medal (7) |
| TOO | "___ soon" ("Don't joke about a recent tragedy") |
| KAYAK | Type of canoe that Ben Tucker instructs people to use at HOP in Emmerdale (5) |
| NEOPHILIA | Love for the recent mobile phone I trouble to bring round |
| AARON | Emmerdale chap recently dumped by Ben Tucker (5) |
| LAKSHMI | Who is the only Indian selected as a Match Referee for the recent Women's T20 World Cup? (7) |
| CHELSEA | She was unwittingly responsible for the recent crush incident at Peggy's nightclub (7) |
| ALCHEMIST | Person who attempted to turn metal into gold (9) |
| EURIPIDES | Conveyor of tragedy in English university with final message before fateful day |
| MELPOMENE | Muse of tragedy in Greek mythology, typically depicted holding a tragic mask and a knife or club (9) |
| REDWEDGE | A collective of musicians who attempted to engage young people with politics in the period leading up to the 1987 general election |
| GRACCHI | The -; brothers Tiberius and Gaius, tribunes of the plebs who attempted to pass land reforms in ancient Rome (7) |
| ERNEST | Explorer who attempted to cross the Antarctic from the ship Endurance, ... Shackleton |
| ATTILA | King of the Huns who attempted to conquer Roman Gaul in 451 |
| COLONELBLOOD | Irish soldier and adventurer who attempted to steal the Crown Jewels in 1671 (7,5) |
| AMSTERDAM | First man to frame recycling terms for continental city |
| LANDSCAPE | And, cutting, places to frame the painting (9) |
| ELSER | Depicted in 13 Minutes, a carpenter who attempted to assassinate Hitler (5) |
