| EVERYBODYCOMES | "___ to Rick's" (the film's original title) |
| STEIN | I've got a beer mug signed by Rick, the famous TV chef who has restaurants in Padstow (5) |
| OPPENHEIMER | Film's original poster writer, the guy one's flipping about |
| FLOPPED | Film's original cut was a misfire |
| EPICPOEM | Echo US writer describing film, original of Milton's Paradise Lost ? (4,4) |
| SLAP | Answer to Rick James's joke "What did the five fingers say to the face?" per an episode of "Chappelle's Show" |
| LUKAS | Jean-Claude van Damme's character in The Bouncer and the original title of the film (5) |
| SEYMOUR | The original title of the band Blur |
| CASABLANCA | Classic film based on the play "Everybody Comes to Rick's" |
| STAR | Rolling Stones song from the 1973 album Goats Head Soup, Atlantic Records owner Ahmet Ertegun having insisted on a change from the original title (4,4) |
| THOREAU | Walden; or, Life in the Woods was the original title of Henry David ____'s best-known book |
| FIESTA | This word for a Spanish carnival was the original title for Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises |
| TAGGART | TV detective series with Mark McManus in the original title role |
| LEONORE | Original title given by Beethoven to his opera Fidelio (7) |
| FAUNTLEROY | Aristocratic heir fortunately contrived to reject original title (10) |
| EGGS | Scrambled ____ , original title of the Beatles song Yesterday (4) |
| ASST | Part of Dwight Schrute's original title on The Office: abbr. |
| LEONORA | The original title of Beethoven's opera Fidelio (7) |
| SCRAMBLED | ____ Eggs, original title of the Beatles song Yesterday (9) |
| DAS | ___ Lehrerzimmer (original title for The Teachers' Lounge) |
