| NEA | Org. that helped fund the Sundance Film Festival |
| ONO | She helped fund Manhattan's Strawberry Fields memorial |
| PROMISEDLAND | 1987 film starring Kiefer Sutherland and Meg Ryan that was the first film to be commissioned by the Sundance Film Festival |
| BURIED | Film starring Ryan Reynolds that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010 (6) |
| UTAH | State that's home to the Sundance Film Festival |
| RR | Initials of the actor who created the Sundance Film Festival |
| ROBERTREDFORD | American actor and film director, founder of the Sundance Film Festival (6,7) |
| INDIE | Many an entry at the Sundance Film Festival |
| REDFORD | Founder of the Sundance Film Festival, Robert ... |
| MST | Hrs. for the Sundance Film Festival |
| HOPONTHEBUSGUSVANSANT | Tip for a director trying to reach the Sundance Film Festival from his hotel? |
| BLOODSIMPLE | The 2020 Sundance Film Festival begins on Jan. 23; this movie won the 1985 Grand Jury Prize there, launching the careers of the Coen Brothers |
| KILL | "The Things You ___" (film nominated in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, which will be held Jan. 23-Feb. 2; entrants were announced yesterday) |
| MATTER | Shi-Zheng Chen film which won the Alfred P Sloan Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, Dark ... |
| MONTAGEOFHECK | Kurt Cobain: ___ a documentary chronicling the singer's life which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival: 3 wds. |
| DINA | Documentary prize-winner at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival; and I (anag.) |
| DOCTOREDUP | Altered, in a way ... and a hint to the org. that helped create the answers to starred clues |
| CIA | Org. that helped popularize abstract art during the cold war |
| PETA | Org. that helped publicize "Consider the Lobster" |
| CODA | The 40th annual Sundance Film Festival runs Jan. 18-28 in Park City; this low-budget 2021 dramedy premiered there, and went on to win Best Picture |
