| FIVEEASYPIECES | 1970 film starring Jack Nicholson and Karen Black, both of whom were nominated for Oscars for their performances |
| WHOOPI | She and Oprah were nominated for Oscars for the same movie |
| NASHVILLE | 1975 Robert Altman film drama featuring Keith Carradine and Karen Black (9) |
| RALPHFIENNES | Actor nominated for Oscars for roles in The English Patient and Schindler's List |
| DANAIDES | 50 mythological Greek daughters of a king of Argos, 49 of whom were condemned to pour water into perpetually-emptying jugs or craters (8) |
| ACADIAN | Any of the early French settlers in Nova Scotia, many of whom were deported to Louisiana (7) |
| LIVEANDLETDIE | Paul and Linda McCartney were nominated for an Oscar for a song in which Bond film? (4,3,3,3) |
| DYAN | Cannon, the first woman to be nominated for Oscars both in front of and behind a camera (4) |
| BUCKLEY | Last name of father and son musicians Tim and Jeff, both of whom died young |
| RAE | Actor Issa, all of whose 2023 movie releases were nominated for at least one Oscar |
| THEOUTFIT | 1973 film starring Robert Duvall, Karen Black, Joe Don Baker and Robert Ryan, based on a novel by Richard Stark |
| RUBIN | Legendary music producer Rick who is arguably the least famous (!) of the five people who were nominated for the Best Audio Book, Narration, & Storytelling Recording Grammy at Monday's ceremony |
| SLEUTH | 1972 film whose entire cast was nominated for Oscars |
| ADAM | Actor Driver who was nominated for Oscars in 2019 and 2020 |
| KEENER | Catherine nominated for Oscars in "Being John Malkovich" and "Capote" |
| THESCOTSLANGUAGE | Lossiemouth High School were nominated for which awards in September? (8-8) |
| SCOTTISHLANGUAGE | Lossiemouth High School were nominated for which awards in September? (8-8) |
| AIRPORT | 1968 novel by Arthur Hailey adapted into a 1970 film starring Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin (7) |
| THETHOUSANDDAYS | Anne Of ___, 1970 film starring Genevieve Bujold in the title role (3,8,4) |
| SIMON | Cowell or Legree, both of whom are known for being mean |
