| HELENMIRREN | She played Elizabeth II on-screen in "The Queen" and on-stage in "The Audience" |
| CLAIREFOY | Actor who played Elizabeth II in the first two series of The Crown (6,3) |
| KATHARINE | First name of actress who starred in The African Queen and On Golden Pond (9) |
| TWEETTWEET | 2 on-screen messages showing call from bird? (5-5) |
| ALEC | Baldwin who was the first performer on screen in the current season of Saturday Night Live |
| MIKHAILBARYSHNIKOV | Ballet dancer who starred on screen in The Turning Point |
| KEIRA | She played Elizabeth in "Pride and Prejudice" and Anna in "Anna Karenina" |
| DELIA | _ Smith, celebrity chef who first appeared on screens in the 1970s (5) |
| OTOOLE | Actor noted for roles in films and on stage such as T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia and Arthur Chipping in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1'5) |
| CATE | She played Elizabeth I in "Elizabeth" |
| CUE | Used in snooker and on stage (3) |
| OLIVIACOLMAN | Portrayer of Queen Anne in film and Elizabeth II on TV |
| OLIVIA | Actress who played Queen Elizabeth II on two seasons of Netflix's The Crown: 2 wds. |
| HUGHGRANT | British actor who impressed with a star turn as a villain in Paddington 2, and is now back on the small screen in The Undoing, opposite Nicole Kidman (4,5) |
| GEMMA | ___ Arterton, 8A's co-star on stage in The Little Dog Laughed (5) |
| ROYALYACHT | HMS Britannia took over this role from HMS Gothic which had taken the newly-crowned Elizabeth II on |
| SANDRAMASON | Head of state of Barbados, replacing Queen Elizabeth II on November 30 2021 |
| CURTAIN | Pull down the screen, in the end, at some stage (7) |
| STEPNEY | Long to be back on stage in the London area |
| ABANDONS | Leaves a musical group on stage in the beginning (8) |
