| HOWARDSEND | Maybe has drowned in 2017 four-part tv drama (7,3) |
| CRY | 2018 four-part TV mystery drama series starring Jenna Coleman and Asher Keddie, The _ (3) |
| LUCAN | Two-part TV drama about a missing aristocrat that starred Rory Kinnear (5) |
| BARBERSHOP | ___ quartet, who perform a style of music sung in four-part harmony (10) |
| QUADRICEPS | Large four-part muscle in the leg (10) |
| THESEASONS | Four-part Haydn oratorio of 1801 |
| COVERBANDS | Tribute groups, or a four-part hint to the starred clues' answers |
| FOOLMEONCE | Start of a four-part saying |
| TETRATHLON | Four-part sports event |
| WHEREITSAT | Best place to be, slangily ... and, when divided in four parts, what the answers to starred clues are? |
| WORDCHOICE | Author's concern that, when parsed as four parts, provides a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| IAIN | First name of Mr Lee, the former The 11 O'Clock Show presenter who took part in I'm A Celeb in 2017 (4) |
| NEIL | New Zealand bowler who took 7-39 in the 1st Test against West Indies in Wellington in 2017 (4) |
| SURI | American who won Made in Denmark in 2017 (4) |
| LYON | Australia Test cricketer who took 8-50 against India in Bengaluru in 2017 (4) |
| CARAVANSARIES | Travelling Company - a multi-part TV show set in some Eastern hotels (13) |
| EBOR | ? Handicap, flat race run at York in August last won by Nakeeta in 2017 (4) |
| TOFF | Nickname of Georgia Toffolo, Made In Chelsea cast member who won I'm A Celeb in 2017 (4) |
| XERO | New Zealand software company which achieved 1m subscribers in 2017 (4) |
| PUEL | Claude -, Leicester City FC manager appointed in 2017 (4) |
