| WAYNE | John, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for True Grit (5) |
| JOHNWAYNE | Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for True Grit (4,5) |
| MILLS | Sir John, Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner for Ryan's Daughter (5) |
| HOUSEMAN | John -, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for The Paper Chase (8) |
| TRAVOLTA | John, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Pulp Fiction (8) |
| DALL | John -, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for The Corn is Green (4) |
| CASSAVETES | John -, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for The Dirty Dozen |
| ADIEU | Rhyme for "true" in "Red River Valley" |
| BAYOU | Louisiana locale for "True Detective" |
| ENEWS | TV home for True Hollywood Stories |
| HURT | John -, Best Actor Oscar nominee for The Elephant Man (4) |
| STEINFELD | Hailee nominated for an Oscar for "True Grit" |
| HAILEE | _ Steinfeld, singer and actress Oscar-nominated for True Grit (6) |
| JOHN | Actor Wayne who won an Academy Award for True Grit |
| SCHLESINGER | John -, Best Director Oscar winner for Midnight Cowboy (11) |
| FORD | John -, Best Director Oscar winner for The Quiet Man and The Grapes of Wrath (4) |
| HUSTON | John -, Best Director Oscar winner for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| BOORMAN | John, Best Director Oscar nominee for Hope and Glory (7) |
| REEL | Homophone of a word for "true" that denotes a bobbin, cylinder or spool (4) |
| NATURE | A new turn for true inherent tendency |
