| WONDERBOYS | 2000 dramedy where Robert Downey Jr. plays novelist Michael Douglas's editor (2 wds.) |
| WEIRDSCIENCE | 1985 comedy where Robert Downey Jr. plays a bully named Ian (2 wds.) |
| CHOCOLAT | Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds finally revealed the name of their youngest child on Monday, which is "Olin"; Lena Olin received a BAFTA nomination for this 2000 dramedy |
| DUE | "___ Date" (movie where Robert Downey Jr. takes a road trip with Zach Galifianakis and a Frenchie) |
| EDASNER | Emmy-winning player of a crusty newspaper editor (2 wds.) |
| BOOKLOVERS | 2022 bestseller by 18-Across about a romance between a literary agent and an editor: 2 wds. |
| IRONMAN | US actor Robert Downey Jr plays this character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (4,3) |
| IRON | Robert Downey Jr plays comic book hero, _ Man (4) |
| ROBERT | _ Downey Jr., plays Iron Man on the big screen (6) |
| RISINGSUN | 1993 crime thriller whose screenplay was cowritten by novelist Michael Crichton: 2 wds. |
| MORGAN | ___ Freeman, Michael Douglas's co-star in Last Vegas (6) |
| KIRK | _ Douglas, Michael Douglas's film legend father who died earlier this year aged 103 (4) |
| DANNY | _ DeVito, Michael Douglas's pal and co-star in Romancing The Stone among others (5) |
| KIM | _ Basinger, Michael Douglas's The Sentinel co-star (3) |
| KATIE | ___ Holmes, ex-mrs Tom Cruise and Michael Douglas's co-star in The Wonder Boys (5) |
| ALAN | _ Arkin, Michael Douglas's co-star in US sitcom The Kominsky Method (4) |
| PAUL | _ Rudd, Michael Douglas's Ant-Man co-star (4) |
| CATHERINE | ___ Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas's wife and co-star in Traffic (9) |
| PYM | Hank ___, Michael Douglas's character in Ant-Man (3) |
| DOORDIE | Desperate entry upset editor (2-2-3) |
