| NORMARAE | 1979 film based on the life of Crystal Lee Sutton |
| QUADROPHENIA | 1979 film based on The Who's 1973 rock opera of the same name (12) |
| SPAR | Iceland -; type of crystal used by the Vikings to find the direction of the sun as an aid for navigation (4) |
| BALL | A spherical mass of crystal, leather, minced beef, snow, wool, yarn etc; the delivery of the "cherry" in cricket; a plant's compact mass of roots with its surrounding soil; or, a formal assembly for d |
| AFUNNYTHING | Stephen Sondheim Broadway musical based on the life of the slave Pseudolus, ... Happened On The Way To The Forum (1,5,5) |
| ACT | The ___ 2019 drama series on Hulu based on the life of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and the murder of her mother |
| FEARLESS | 2006 film based on the life of a martial artist in the last years of the Qing dynasty |
| LUSTRE | The manner in which light interacts with a gem; a chandelier or vase ornamented with a number of crystal/glass pendants of the same name; or, a metallic pottery glaze (6) |
| SNOWDOMES | One of the names of crystal ball-like toy globes that are shaken to activate blizzards or flurries of glitter around miniaturised winter landscapes; or, indoor ski slopes (9) |
| EVERYTHING | The Theory of ___ biographical romantic drama film from 2014 based on the life of Stephen Hawking |
| BASISOFSEX | On the ___ 2018 film starring Felicity Jones which is based on the life of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: 3 wds. |
| BEYONDTHESEA | 2004 biographical film based on the life of Bobby Darin starring Kevin Spacey, who also co-wrote, directed, and co-produced the film |
| KINGS | The - Speech; biographical drama film based on the life of George VI (5) |
| IPMAN | 2008 martial arts film based on the life of Bruce Lee's master |
| SAMALLARDYCE | Manager of Crystal Palace from December 2016 who holds the record for the shortest tenure as England football manager |
| SPICULE | A minute needle-like body of crystal, ice or coral/sponge skeleton; or, a jet of plasma ejected from the Sun's chromosphere (7) |
| SCRY | From an aphetic for "catch sight of", a verb meaning "divine by means of crystal-gazing"; or, a collective noun for a bunch, knob, lute, plump, skein, sord, sute or trip of wildfowls (4) |
| BACCARAT | Gambling card game or the village in Lorraine which gave its name to the famous manufacturer of crystal |
| EAGLES | 'The ......', a nickname of Crystal Palace (6) |
| LEAD | Element with the symbol Pb used to make some types of crystal glass (4) |
