| POLYESTER | 1981 John Waters film comedy starring Divine and Tab Hunter |
| HAIRSPRAY | 1988 John Waters film featuring Debbie Harry and Sonny Bono (9) |
| LUSTINTHE | 1985 comedy western film starring Tab Hunter, Lainie Kazan and Divine (4,2,3,4) |
| THEANDRIC | Divine and human characters displayed by Goethe and Richardson |
| CLERGYMAN | Divine and spotless surroundings for the right training room (9) |
| RICKILAKE | American actress, producer and TV host who made her film debut as Tracy Turnblad in John Waters' 1988 film Hairspray |
| CRYBABY | John Waters film starring Johnny Depp (3-4) |
| CAMP | Outrageously artificial and exaggerated, as a John Waters film |
| ODORAMA | John Waters film gimmick inspired by Smell-O-Vision |
| LUSTIN | 1985 comedy western film starring Tab Hunter, Lainie Kazan and Divine (4,2,3,4) |
| THEDUST | 1985 comedy western film starring Tab Hunter, Lainie Kazan and Divine (4,2,3,4) |
| SERIALMOM | 1994 John Waters movie |
| CAMPINESS | Characteristic of John Waters movies |
| CECIL | "___ B. Demented" (2000 John Waters film) |
| MADISON | Capital of Wisconsin; the fourth US president; or, a dance performed in the John Waters film Hairspr |
| SCAMS | Many plans perpetrated in John Waters films |
| FROMNEWYORK | 1981 John Carpenter film starring Kurt Russell (6,4,3,4) |
| ESCAPE | 1981 John Carpenter film starring Kurt Russell (6,4,3,4) |
| RIDE | Tab Hunter surfing film, ___ The Wild Surf |
| WOMAN | Title shared by a 1981 John Lennon hit and a 2021 Doja Cat hit |
