| REACHER | Action thriller with Tom Cruise in the title role, Jack ___ (7) |
| DAKOTA | _ Fanning, actor who starred with Tom Cruise in 2005's War of the Worlds (6) |
| BAUER | Kiefer Sutherland's 24 role, Jack ----- (5) |
| JERRY | 1996 comedy-drama film starring Tom Cruise in the title role (5,7) |
| JERRYMAGUIRE | 1996 Cameron Crowe film starring Tom Cruise in the title role (5,7) |
| FARRELL | Colin -; actor who appeared in Ballykissangel and later starred alongside Tom Cruise in Steven Spielberg's in Minority Report (7) |
| ALIASES | Other names back cruise in the ocean (7) |
| DIEHARD | Action thriller with Bruce Willis as John Mcclane, A Good Day to ___ (3,4) |
| NONSTOP | Liam Neeson mystery action thriller with Julianne Moore (3-4) |
| ONESHOT | Novel in Lee Child's Jack Reacher series adapted into a film with Tom Cruise (3,4) |
| MISSION | -: Impossible; films with Tom Cruise (7) |
| RAINMAN | Film with Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman (4,3) |
| ETHANHUNT | Character portrayed by Tom Cruise in the Mission:Impossible film series (5,4) |
| STAUFFENBERG | German army officer portrayed by Tom Cruise in the film Valkyrie, Claus von - (12) |
| ETHAN | First name of character played by Tom Cruise in the Mission Impossible film series (5) |
| TECH | Tom Cruise in the trippy Vanilla Sky: "I wanna wake up! It's a nightmare! ____ support!" |
| CONAIR | Nineties action thriller with the tagline "They were deadly on the ground. Now they have wings" |
| JACKREACHER | Eponymous action hero played by Tom Cruise in 2012 (4,7) |
| SPIES | Bridge Of _, 2015 Cold War thriller with Tom Hanks (5) |
| SNIPER | 1993 film thriller with Tom Berenger and Billy Zane (6) |
