| BRODY | Ziggy Astoni's hubby who was caught cheating on her with Simone Bedford in Home and Away (5,6) |
| MORGAN | Ziggy Astoni's hubby who was caught cheating on her with Simone Bedford in Home and Away (5,6) |
| MLKANDCOOKIES | Tabloid headline trumpeting a civil rights leader getting caught cheating on his diet? |
| DEAN | ___ Thompson, father of Ziggy Astoni's unborn baby in Home and Away (4) |
| LAUREL | ___ Thomas, whose latest boyfriend Kit cheated on her with her own stepdaughter! (6) |
| ADAM | First name of Victoria Barton's hubby who works at the scrapyard in the Dales (4) |
| EMMA | One could put the lid back on her with difficulty! (4) |
| CRIS | J-lo's ex-hubby who dances Mr. Judd |
| JUDD | Edward -, actor who starred as Arnold Bedford in 1964 adventure film First Men in the Moon (4) |
| OREO | Cookie with Simone Biles in ads |
| SUNISALEE | With Simone Biles and Hezly Rivera, one of the five Golden Girls (gold medal-winning gymnasts of Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics): 2 wds. |
| LARONDE | Leonard is upset by film with Simone Signoret (2,5) |
| TWISTING | Understand flipping idiots caught cheating (8) |
| OCCAM | Initially one caught cheating at misinterpreting computer programming language (5) |
| NAUGHTYLIST | Boy in Minot who wants a new bike but was caught shoplifting, girl in Tucson who wants a telescope but has stayed out past curfew a few times, etc. |
| ONTHEBOUNCE | In succession, third umpire will decide if ball was caught like this? (2,3,6) |
| ABSALOM | In the Old Testament, who was caught by his hair in an oak tree and killed by his cousin? (7) |
| ASHLEE | Simpson who was caught lip-syncing "Pieces of Me" on "Saturday Night Live" |
| KENT | Tom __, Casualty medic who was caught up in a prison riot (4) |
| COCO | Ben and Maggie Astoni's youngest daughter in Home & Away, played by Anna Cocquerel (4) |
