| MOL | "Boardwalk Empire" and "Manchester by the Sea " (2016) star Gretchen |
| MANCHESTER | _ by the Sea, 2016 film starring Casey Affleck and Michelle Willams (10) |
| MICHELLE | ___ Williams, star of films My Week with Marilyn and Manchester by the Sea (8) |
| CASEY | Gone Baby Gone and Manchester by the Sea actor, ... Affleck (5) |
| STEVE | TV'S Boardwalk Empire and Miracle Workers star, ___ Buscemi (5) |
| STEVEBUSCEMI | Star of Boardwalk Empire and Miracle Workers (5,7) |
| HBO | Network for Boardwalk Empire and The Wire: Abbr. |
| BUSCEMI | Boardwalk Empire and The Sopranos actor, Steve _ (7) |
| SHEA | _ Whigham, actor whose TV credits include Boardwalk Empire and True Detective (4) |
| AFGHANISTAN | Nation, next door to Pakistan, that's been a battleground for the forces of the British Raj, the Soviet Empire and the coalition of the willing |
| LUNA | Diego _, star of the 2016 Star Wars film Rogue One (4) |
| CASEYAFFLECK | US actor who won an Academy Award for his role in Manchester by the Sea, and whose films include Gone Baby Gone, Ocean's Eleven, Interstellar and Tower Heist (5,7) |
| DARKAGES | Period between the end of the Roman empire and the Renaissance (4,4) |
| ELBA | "Star Trek Beyond" (2016) star Idris |
| URBAN | "Star Trek Beyond" (2016) star Karl |
| NINEVEH | The oldest city of the ancient Assyrian empire and its capital during the reign of Sennacherib, later destroyed in 612BC |
| MIDDLEAGES | In European history, the period between the end of the Roman Empire and about 1500 AD (6,4) |
| TATE | "Manchester by the Sea" actor ___ Donovan |
| KYLECHANDLER | "Manchester by the Sea" actor who plays Brooks in "Game Night": 2 wds. |
| LUCAS | Hedges of "Manchester By the Sea" |
