| BIT | "A Little ___ of Heaven"; movie for Kate Hudson and Kathy Bates |
| KEY | "The Skeleton ___"; horror movie for Kate Hudson |
| TENDAYS | Amount of time for Kate Hudson to "Lose a Guy," in a 2003 film |
| LIKE | Just ___ Heaven (movie starring 18 Across) |
| PLUG | A ___ plant is a small seedling, usually in a small ___ of soil, and sold in batches for the gardener to grow on (4) |
| USED | "___ People"; film for Shirley MacLaine and Kathy Bates |
| SCHMIDT | "About ___" (2002 film that earned Oscar nominations for Jack Nicholson and Kathy Bates) |
| ABOUTSCHMIDT | 2002 film for which Jack Nicholson and Kathy Bates received Oscar nominations |
| DREAM | Mama Cass song, Dream a Little ___ of Me |
| LOVE | 2002 comedy-drama film starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Kathy Bates (4,4) |
| MISERY | Stephen King adaptation starring James Caan and Kathy Bates (5) |
| FRIED | "___ Green Tomatoes" (1991 dramedy starring Jessica Tandy and Kathy Bates) |
| MATLOCK | Role played by Andy Griffith and Kathy Bates |
| AROD | Nickname of the Yankee who once dated Cameron Diaz, Kate Hudson, and Torrie Wilson: Hyph. |
| BRIDE | And 18 2009 film comedy starring Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway (5,4) |
| SHOP | Little ___ of Horrors 80s horror movie starring Ellen Greene and Steve Martin |
| SISTER | Little _ of the snows is a name for suckers (6) |
| TOMDICKORHARRY | Song for Kate and her three suitors in Kiss Me, Kate |
| DEW | "Therefore God give thee of the ___ of heaven" (Ge 27:28) |
| ROSE | Silene coeli-rosa is the ___ of heaven, while Hypericum calycinum is the ___ of Sharon (4) |
