| LASSE | "ABBA: The Movie" director Hallstrom |
| ISACT | "What I really want to do ___ ___." ...revealed the movie director |
| TAKEACHANCEONME | Seventh UK #1 single by ABBA, from 1977's ABBA: The Album (4,1 ,6,2,2) |
| SWEDE | Employee at ABBA The Museum, probably |
| SHAH | Abbas the Great, for instance |
| MILLER | Actress whose film roles include Francesca Bruni in the 2005 Lasse Hallstrom film Casanova (6,6) |
| SIENNA | Actress whose film roles include Francesca Bruni in the 2005 Lasse Hallstrom film Casanova (6,6) |
| MYLIFEASAPUPPY | Story of Lassie's early days directed by Lasse Hallstrom? |
| MYLIFEASADOG | 1985 film by Lasse Hallstrom, based on a novel by Reidar Jonsson |
| WHATSEATING | 1993 Lasse Hallstrom film starring Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio (5,6,7,5) |
| GRAPE | 1993 Lasse Hallstrom film starring Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio (5,6,7,5) |
| GILBERT | 1993 Lasse Hallstrom film starring Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio (5,6,7,5) |
| LENAOLIN | Swedish-born actress married to Lasse Hallstrom for 30 years (4,4) |
| THESHIPPINGNEWS | 2001 Lasse Hallstrom film starring Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore and Judi Dench |
| EDWOOD | Tim Burton's biopic of the B movie director who posthumously won the Golden Turkey for the worst director of all time (2,4) |
| BURTON | "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (2005) movie director |
| SHYAMALAN | *movie director of "Knock at the cabin" fame |
| SET | "Quiet on the ___!" (movie director's command) |
| MORGANFREEMAN | Oscar-winning actor, movie director and narrator, whose movies include The Contract and Evan Almighty (6,7) |
| INSET | Where one may find a movie director - somewhere on the big picture? (5) |