| THEFRONTPAGE | 1928 play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur (3,5,4) |
| FRONTPAGE | 'The ---', stage play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur (5,4) |
| THESCOUNDREL | Oscar-winning 1935 film directed by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur that was Noel Coward's film debut in a speaking role |
| TIMEISACIRCUS | Start of a quote by Ben Hecht |
| THEAPPLECART | 1928 play by George Bernard Shaw subtitled A Political Extravaganza |
| THEALCHEMIST | Novel by Paulo Coelho; play by Ben Jonson (3,9) |
| ALIBI | 1928 play by Michael Morton, based on The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (5) |
| END | Journey's -; 1928 play by dramatist R. C. Sherriff (3) |
| GAILYGAILY | Ben Hecht play |
| MOTHERANDSON | Comedy series such as Elizabeth and Charles or Marge and Bart (6,3,3) |
| PIPECLEANERS | Wire brushes used in crafting invented by John Harry Stedman and Charles Angel in Rochester, New York in the early 1900s (4,8) |
| MAKINGTRACKS | Suddenly leaving mother and Charles on railway lines (6,6) |
| BENS | Hecht and Hogan |
| CATER | "The rule in the art world is: you ___ to the masses or you kowtow to the elite": Ben Hecht (5) |
| PLUNDER | 1928 stage play by Ben Travers (7) |
| ALCHEMIST | The ?, 1610 stage play by Ben Jonson featuring the character Dol Common (9) |
| SEJANUS | _ His Fall, a 1603 play by Ben Jonson (7) |
| VOLPONE | 1606 play by Ben Jonson (7) |
| ROOKERY | '-- Nook', play by Ben Travers (7) |
| ACESHIGH | 1976 war film starring Malcolm McDowell, based on the 1928 play Journey's End by R. C. Sherriff (4,4) |
