| CHILL | 'The Big --', 1983 film directed by Lawrence Kasdan (5) |
| BIGCHILL | The __, 1983 film by Lawrence Kasdan starring Glenn Close and Jeff Goldblum (3,5) |
| RISESUP | Is inspired by Canadian band The Parachute Club's big 1983 hit: 2 wds. |
| TOTO | US rock band that had a huge 1983 hit with Africa (4) |
| YENTL | 1983 film directed by and starring, Barbra Streisand (5) |
| ZELIG | 1983 film directed by and starring Woody Allen (5) |
| AQABA | City taken by Arab forces, led by Lawrence of Arabia, in 1917 (5) |
| THEME | Subject for discussion by Lawrence about border (5) |
| THEBIG | 1983 Lawrence Kasdan film (3,3,5) |
| TIBIA | One of Joe Theismann's bones infamously broken by Lawrence Taylor on "Monday Night Football" (5) |
| SINAI | Peninsula crossed by Lawrence of Arabia |
| LOCALHERO | 1983 film directed by Bill Forsyth featuring Burt Lancaster (5,4) |
| IMPACT | 1983 film directed by and starring, Clint Eastwood (6) |
| SUDDEN | 1983 film directed by and starring, Clint Eastwood (6) |
| SUDDENIMPACT | 1983 film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood (6,6) |
| WARGAMES | 1983 film directed by John Badham starring Matthew Broderick (8) |
| SILVERADO | Lawrence Kasdan film western featuring John Cleese as Sheriff John Langston (9) |
| CANYON | Grand ___ (Lawrence Kasdan movie) |
| BALTHAZAR | The second volume in The Alexandria Quartet series by Lawrence Durrell (9) |
| TREK | "The Physics of Star ___" (book by Lawrence Krauss) |
