| RIZAHMED | "The Night Of" star whose activism for racial representation in Hollywood makes him People's Sexiest Advocate: 2 wds. |
| AGENTS | Representation in Hollywood |
| FACTOR | Pioneering Hollywood make-up artist, Max ... |
| ARTWORLD | Arena of activism for Nan Goldin, as documented in "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed" |
| BENPLATT | Actor whose Tony-winning performance in "Dear Evan Hansen" makes him People's Sexiest Broadway Performer: 2 wds. |
| ALI | Oscar winner Mahershala whose balance of work and family life makes him People's Sexiest Juggler |
| PETERHERMANN | Actor whose role on "Younger" makes him People's Sexiest TV Boss: 2 wds. |
| DERNFIELDS | Acting, producing and activism, for a certain Laura? |
| NAN | Photographer Goldin whose activism is the subject of the 2022 documentary "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed" |
| CASGRAIN | Feminist whose activism resulted in Quebec women getting the right to vote in 1940, Therese ___ (b.1896 - d.1981) |
| GORE | Al whose activism was the subject of "An Inconvenient Truth" |
| TREVOR | Sky presenter and former head of the Commission for Racial Equality (6,8) |
| PHILLIPS | Sky presenter and former head of the Commission for Racial Equality (6,8) |
| ALLY | Comrade in the fight for racial justice, say |
| BECHDELTEST | Standard for female representation in film first described in the comic strip "Dykes to Watch Out For" |
| HERMES | Herald of the Greek gods whose name, from "heap of rocks", refers to his representation in early times as a pillar marking a boundary (6) |
| NAACP | Org. for racial equality |
| AUGUSTA | Gamin's sculptress, and an advocate for racial equity (7) |
| IMAGE | A representation in art/sculpture of the external form of a person or object; a mental picture evoked by a poem or story; or, a visible impression obtained by a camera (5) |
| PITT | Brad of Hollywood (2X winner of People's "Sexiest man alive!) |
