| TOPGUN | 1986 film in which Tom Cruise played U.S. Navy pilot Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell (3,3) |
| ERIVO | Cynthia, actress who played U.S. abolitionist Harriet Tubman in the 2019 biopic film Harriet (5) |
| DAMIANLEWIS | British actor who played U.S. Army Major Richard Winters in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers (6,5) |
| FIRM | Tom Cruise played lawyer Mitch McDeere in The ___ .(4) |
| COCKTAIL | 1988 film in which Tom Cruise plays a mixologist |
| ICEMAN | Call sign of US Navy pilot Tom Kazansky (6) |
| CRUISE | "Maverick" Mitchell or Ethan Hunt (6) |
| AFEWGOODMEN | Movie in which Tom Cruise's character is told, "You can't handle the truth" |
| BANGEL | Navy pilot putting on a show |
| SAVINGMRBANKS | 2013 film in which Tom Hanks played Walt Disney in dealings with author P.L. Travers (6,2,5) |
| NERUDA | 1983 album for Canadian band Red Rider of which Tom Cochrane is the lead singer |
| CAPTAINPHILLIPS | 2013 film in which Tom Hanks plays a mariner in a hijacked ship (7,8) |
| BRAVES | Atlanta Baseball team for which Tom Glavine was a pitcher |
| ROLE | Pete-"Maverick"-Mitchell,-for-Tom-Cruise |
| THOR | 2011 film in which Tom Hiddleston plays the role of Loki, the trickster god (4) |
| CASTAWAY | Film in which Tom Hanks plays a FedEx employee |
| BIG | Film in which Tom Hanks plays a 12-year-old |
| THEROSE | 1986 film in which Sean Connery plays a friar, 'The Name of -' (3,4) |
| MAGNOLIA | 1999 film for which Tom Cruise was Oscar-nominated (8) |
| HERSISTERS | 1986 film in which Dianne Wiest says, "But you have to remember while you read and you're cursing my name, you know, that this is my first script." |
