| TOPGUN | 1986 film in which Tom Cruise plays a fighter pilot nicknamed Maverick (3,3) |
| COCKTAIL | 1988 film in which Tom Cruise plays a mixologist |
| MONKEYMAN | Action film in which Dev Patel plays a fighter who wears a simian mask (April, 2024) |
| VONRICHTHOFEN | Manfred - - - - - -, German First World War fighter pilot nicknamed the Red Baron (3,10) |
| ROLE | Tom Cruise plays it |
| CAPTAINPHILLIPS | 2013 film in which Tom Hanks plays a mariner in a hijacked ship (7,8) |
| STRAFE | Attack, as a fighter pilot |
| AFEWGOODMEN | Movie in which Tom Cruise's character is told, "You can't handle the truth" |
| BRAVES | Atlanta Baseball team for which Tom Glavine was a pitcher |
| CASTAWAY | Film in which Tom Hanks plays a FedEx employee |
| BIG | Film in which Tom Hanks plays a 12-year-old |
| NERUDA | 1983 album for Canadian band Red Rider of which Tom Cochrane is the lead singer |
| THOR | 2011 film in which Tom Hiddleston plays the role of Loki, the trickster god (4) |
| THEROSE | 1986 film in which Sean Connery plays a friar, 'The Name of -' (3,4) |
| SAVINGMRBANKS | 2013 film in which Tom Hanks played Walt Disney in dealings with author P.L. Travers (6,2,5) |
| 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." |
| HANNAHAND | 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." |
| VICOMTE | Bad habit in which Tom gets dressed as a French aristocrat (7) |
| SHOTPUT | Event in which Tom Walsh won a bronze medal at Rio Olympics (4,3) |
