| POITIER | "In the Heat of the Night" star |
| STEIGER | "In the Heat of the Night" star Rod |
| EVA | We Own the Night star, ... Mendes (3) |
| RODSTEIGER | Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1967 film In The Heat of the Night (3,7) |
| QUINCY | Film-score composer of The Color Purple and In The Heat Of The Night, ... Jones |
| TIBBS | Virgil, character in the novel In the Heat of the Night (5) |
| ROD | Steiger of "In the Heat of the Night" |
| NORMANJEWISON | Film director who won Oscars for In the Heat of the Night, Fiddler on the Roof, and Moonstruck |
| OCONNOR | Played police chief Bill Gillespie in In the Heat of the Night (Carroll -------) |
| NORMAN | Canadian director whose films include In the Heat of the Night, Fiddler on the Roof and Moonstruck (6,7) |
| JEWISON | Canadian director whose films include In the Heat of the Night, Fiddler on the Roof and Moonstruck (6,7) |
| SIDNEY | In the Heat of the Night first name |
| BUBBA | Alan Autry's role on "In the Heat of the Night" |
| BOWEN | Author of The House in Paris, The Death of the Heart and The Heat of the Day (5) |
| INTHE | Sidney Poitier calmly declared, 'They call me MISTER Tibbs' in the timeless 1967 classic, ... Heat Of The Night (2,3) |
| THE | "In ___ Heat of the Night" |
| SUNBURN | A kind of tanning in the heat of the moment (7) |
| STEN | "The Wedding Night" star |
| JAMESCORDEN | Late-night star who hosted the 2016 Tony Awards: 2 wds. |
| HEATH | *"The Dark Night" star |
