| SIGOURNEYWEAVER | "She should play Penelope in an adaptation of The Odyssey!" |
| REFEREE | In any match he or she should play a fairly decisive role (7) |
| ENGRAVE | What the chisellers do in an adaptation of The Avenger (7) |
| ROLES | They are characterised in an adaptation of 'The Loser' (5) |
| CARNATIONS | Actors in an adaptation of The Wedding Flower (10) |
| SMITH | Actress awarded an Oscar for her role in an adaptation of Muriel Spark's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (5) |
| STACCATO | Short act, possibly in an adaptation of "Tosca" (8) |
| CABARET | Which 1972 film is an adaptation of the 1966 Broadway musical of the same name? (7) |
| SGTBILKO | 1996 comedy film starring Steve Martin, an adaptation of the 1950s TV series The Phil Silvers Show (3,5) |
| SERIGRAPH | A colour print made by an adaptation of the silk-screen process (9) |
| SCOFIELD | Actor in A Man for All Seasons, the 1996 Arthur Miller film version of The Crucible and an adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's Why the Whales Came (8) |
| ARRANGEMENT | An adaptation of a piece of music for performance in a different way (11) |
| IVANA | ___ Baquero plays Eretria in The Shannara Chronicles, an adaptation of Terry Brooks' books |
| ISLAFISHER | "She should star in a movie adaptation of The Old Man and the Sea!" |
| BURTON | Director whose films include an adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and the forthcoming Dumbo (6) |
| THAW | Actor who starred in television series including Home to Roost, Inspector Morse and an adaptation of Peter Mayle's memoir A Year in Provence (4) |
| ROEG | Director whose films include The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Witches and an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's story Don't Look Now (4) |
| OPERA | An adaptation of "Where the Wild Things Are" is one |
| SUITOR | One of many for Penelope in the "Odyssey" |
| SIREN | Patty or Selma, in "The Simpsons" spoof of "The Odyssey" |
