| CLUE | 1989 Sherlock Holmes film, Without a ---- (4) |
| THEWOMANINGREEN | 1945 Sherlock Holmes film (3,5,2,5) |
| SOLUTION | "The Seven-Per-Cent ___" (1976 Sherlock Holmes film) |
| DECREE | "Murder By ___" (1979 Sherlock Holmes flick) |
| NOIR | Bleak film's without a heart, no sir (4) |
| JUDE | ___ Law, actor who starred in King Arthur and two Sherlock Holmes films, all directed by 8A (4) |
| HOEY | Actor Dennis who played Inspector Lestrade in the 1940s Sherlock Holmes films |
| MOVE | Make weepy film without one (4) |
| CALM | Pacify as can't film without middle (4) |
| PHOTOGRAM | A picture produced on film without a camera |
| REBEL | Classic film, ...Without a Cause |
| INDIE | Film without a major distributor |
| VIADUCT | Short film without a rough cut shows way to get over depression (7) |
| BASIL | Rathbone of Sherlock Holmes films |
| IRENE | Rachel, in recent "Sherlock Holmes" films |
| NIGEL | Bruce of the Sherlock Holmes films |
| ROBERT | ___ Downey Jr, star who plays the title role in 8A's Sherlock Holmes films (6) |
| ENOLA | "___ Holmes" (film about Sherlock's sister) |
| SILENT | Word for tacit, as in the figurative grave or hypothetical majority of the population; quiescent, as in a letter; or, a film without audible dialogue (6) |
| ALIEN | Oscar-nominated 2023 short film with a space in its title (that spells an earlier one-word Oscar-winning film without it!) |
