| KIMBASINGER | "L.A. Confidential" Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner |
| BASINGER | Kim, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for L.A. Confidential (8) |
| RAT | "Was it a ___?" "Yeah, a great big one" (from "L.A. Confidential") |
| LOS | The L in L.A. Confidential |
| ROLLO | Invented killer whose name plays a key role in the film "L.A. Confidential," ___ Tomasi |
| KIM | Basinger of 'L.A. Confidential' |
| PEARCE | Ed Exley in L.A. Confidential, Guy ___ |
| CROWE | L.A. Confidential co-star |
| NITE | The ___ Owl, "L.A. Confidential" coffee shop |
| DEVITO | Danny of "L.A. Confidential" |
| SLINGS | Kim of "L.A. Confidential" |
| ELLROY | Author of The Black Dahlia and L.A. Confidential, James ... |
| JAMESELLROY | US crime writer whose novels include L. A. Confidential (5,6) |
| NEONOIR | Genre for "Chinatown" and "L.A. Confidential" |
| GUYPEARCE | Aussie actor who starred in L.A. Confidential and Prometheus (3,6) |
| NOIR | "L.A. Confidential" genre |
| OWL | Fateful eatery in "L.A. Confidential," the Nite ___ |
| SPACEY | L.A. Confidential star, Kevin ___ |
| DANNY | Sid Hudgens in L.A. Confidential, Dr. Larry Arbogast in Junior and Martin Weir in Get Shorty are movie roles played by this actor, ___ DeVito (5) |
| DANNYDEVITO | "Taxi" actor who played tabloid journalist Sid Hudgens in the 1997 film "L.A. Confidential": 2 wds. |
