| ANGELSWITHDIRTYFACES | 1938 James Cagney film in which he feigned a cowardly death |
| IDIE | "Each Dawn ___" (classic 1939 James Cagney film): 2 wds. |
| RUE | "13 ___ Madeleine" (1946 James Cagney film) |
| GENT | James Cagney film "Jimmy the ___" |
| OFA | "Man ___ Thousand Faces"; James Cagney film |
| WHITEHEAT | James Cagney film classic |
| EACH | "___ Dawn I Die"; James Cagney film |
| RESIDUAL | A payment to an artist for later use of a film in which he or she appears (8) |
| CLOCKWISE | John Cleese comedy film in which he plays a hopelessly waylaid headmaster (9) |
| TOOTSIE | Dustin Hoffman film in which he plays a woman (7) |
| THEDEPARTED | 2006 Leonardo DiCaprio film in which he plays officer Billy Costigan: 2 wds. |
| SHUTTERISLAND | 2010 Leonardo DiCaprio film in which he plays US Marshal Teddy Daniels: 2 wds. |
| THEREVENANT | 2015 Leonardo DiCaprio film in which he plays frontiersman Hugh Glass: 2 wds. |
| CHIMESATMIDNIGHT | 1965 Orson Welles comedy-drama film in which he stars as Falstaff |
| THECIRCUS | 1928 Charlie Chaplin film in which he plays an unintentionally funny clown |
| WHITENIGHTS | 1985 film in which he co-starred with Gregory Hines and Helen Mirren |
| CHIMES | & 10D 1965 Orson Welles comedy-drama film in which he stars as Falstaff (6,2,8) |
| ONETWOTHREE | 1961 comedy film in which James Cagney plays a Coca-Cola executive based in West Berlin |
| CUR | From the Old Norse for "grumble, growl", word for a shepherd's dog or watchdog first, but now a worthless mutt or vicious mongrel; or, a cowardly, despicable or detestable scoundrel (3) |
| LAHR | John ___, author of "Notes on a Cowardly Lion," a biography of his father |
