| JEANSIMMONS | English actress who played Estella in David Lean's Great Expectations and Ophelia in Laurence Olivier's Hamlet |
| POLONIUS | Father of Laertes and Ophelia in Hamlet whose notable lines include "neither a borrower nor a lender be" and "to thine own self be true" (8) |
| OPHELIA | Part played by Jean Simmons in Laurence Olivier's 1948 adaptation of Hamlet (7) |
| HUNT | One of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood founders; or, the actress who played Miss Havisham in David Lean's 1946 film Great Expectations (4) |
| SARAH | English actress who played the title role in David Lean's 1970 film Ryan's Daughter |
| SARAHMILES | English actress who played the title role in David Lean's 1970 film Ryan's Daughter |
| MILES | English actress whose performance in the title role in David Lean's 1970 film Ryan's Daughter earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination |
| DRUMMLE | Bentley -, character who marries Estella in 1861 novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (7) |
| ASHCROFT | Actress who played Mrs Moore in David Lean's film A Passage to India (8) |
| BENTLEYDRUMMLE | Character who marries Estella in the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens |
| SHARIF | Egyptian actor and internationally renowned bridge player who starred in David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia with Alec Guinness, Peter O'Toole and others (6) |
| BLOWPIPE | Punch one with great expectations and energy for fighting in the jungle (8) |
| PIPEDOWN | Keep quiet about one with great expectations and energy in Ulster (4,4) |
| CLASSISM | Theme shared by "Great Expectations" and "The Great Gatsby" |
| VALERIE | ___ Hobson, Estella in the 1946 film Great Expectations (7) |
| NOVELS | "Great Expectations" and "The Great Gatsby," for two |
| KATEWINSLET | Titanic actress who played Ophelia in the 1996 film Hamlet: 2 wds. |
| PIPE | Whistle produced by one with great expectations and energy (4) |
| ABELS | Magwitch of "Great Expectations" and namesakes |
| RIVER | On which William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins built a 3 in David Lean's 1957 film (5,4) |
