| EVERLEY | -------Gregg, actress who played Dolly Messiter in the 1945 film Brief Encounter (7) |
| DAVIDLEAN | Director of the film "Brief Encounter" |
| OBOIST | Wind instrument player such as Malcolm Messiter or Ray Still (6) |
| ALDA | Who played George Gershwin in the 1945 film Rhapsody in Blue? (4) |
| ANNBLYTH | Actress who played Veda in the 1945 film Mildred Pierce (3,5) |
| WILDE | Cornel --, actor who played the composer Chopin in the 1945 film 'A Song to Remember' (5) |
| CONSTANCE | -- Cummings, actress who played Ruth Condomine in the 1945 film 'Blithe Spirit' (9) |
| ROC | Which actress Patricia appeared in the 1945 film The Wicked Lady ? (3) |
| MIKEMAZURKI | Tough-guy actor whose roles included 'Splitface' in the 1945 film Dick Tracy (4,7) |
| BELA | Boris Karloff and ... Lugosi last starred together in the 1945 film, The Body Snatcher |
| MILDRED | ___ Pierce, 1945 film with Joan Crawford in the title role (7) |
| MARGARETRUTHERFORD | English character actress who played Madame Arcati in the 1945 David Lean film Blithe Spirit |
| LEAN | David, director of the 1945 film Blithe Spirit (4) |
| STMARYS | Church in a 1945 film |
| ISGREEN | 1945 film with Bette Davis based on a play by Emlyn Williams (3,4,2,5) |
| THECORN | 1945 film with Bette Davis based on a play by Emlyn Williams (3,4,2,5) |
| ROBERTMITCHUM | US actor Oscar-nominated for his supporting role in the 1945 war film The Story of G.I. Joe (6,7) |
| HITCHCOCK | Alfred, director of the 1945 film Spellbound (9) |
| SHINWELL | Jewish Minister of Fuel & Power in the 1945 Attlee government (1884-1986) |
| LEPEW | Toon first introduced in the 1945 short "Odor-able Kitty" |
