| REARWINDOW | 1954 film based on the short story 'It Had to Be Murder' |
| IDOL | The Fallen ___, 1948 Carol Reed film based on the short story The Basement Room by Graham Greene |
| CANDYMAN | 1992 horror film, based on the short story The Forbidden by Clive Barker, that was scored by Philip Glass |
| MINORITYREPORT | 2002 Steven Spielberg film starring Tom Cruise, loosely based on the short story of the same name by Philip K Dick |
| ANEWLEAF | 1971 film, based on the short story The Green Heart by Jack Ritchie, starring Elaine May and Walter Matthau |
| TIGERBAY | 1959 film, based on the short story Rodolphe et le Revolver by Noel Calef, starring John Mills and his real life daughter Hayley in her first major film role |
| RAIN | 1923 play by John Colton and Clemence Randolph, based on the short story of the same name by W Somerset Maugham |
| SCREAMERS | 1995 sci-fi film directed by Christian Duguay based on the short story Second Variety by Philip K Dick |
| BETRUE | "It-had-to-be-you;-I-wandered-around-and-finally-found-the-somebody-who;-Could-make-me-...,-could-make-me-be-blue;-And-even-be-glad,-just-to-be-sad-thinking-of-you"-(2,4) |
| OTHERS | "Some ... I've seen; Might never be mean; Might never be cross or try to be boss; But they wouldn't do," sang Doris Day in It Had To Be You |
| IRONED | One started to run over a little boy. It had to be decreased (6) |
| HELPED | Take care to include record. It had to be of some assistance (6) |
| DOOR | In a popular short story, it may conceal a lady or a tiger |
| RASPED | Uttered gratingly that it had to be spread around (6) |
| SMALLINTESTINE | Long tract? Illness meant it had to be amended (5,9) |
| BAN | It had to be lifted for post Covid travel |
| NECESSARYEVIL | Increases levy unfortunately, but it had to be done (9,4) |
| IDAHO | In America it had to be caught up in ten, one sees (5) |
| HAT | It had to be removed in a Legion, once |
| FOUL | It must be murder for a whistleblower to call it! (4,4) |
