| THEARTIST | 2011 comedy-drama in a black and white silent style, the only French film to win a best picture Oscar |
| SOL | Used to be, we hear, the only French coin (3) |
| FINDINGNEMO | First Disney film to win a Best Animated Feature Oscar |
| THEHURTLOCKER | This war film had its U.S. premiere at the 2009 SXSW Festival; it went on to win a Best Picture Oscar |
| BONGJOONHO | Director of the first foreign-language movie to win a Best Picture Oscar |
| PARISSAINTGERMAIN | Only French soccer club never relegated from Ligue 1 (5,5-7) |
| KATHRYNBIGELOW | First woman to win a best director Oscar, for the 2009 war film The Hurt Locker |
| IDRISELBA | Luther actor who created and starred in the comedy-drama In The Long Run (5,4) |
| HAIRCUT | A coiffure, do, set or style; the manner in which one is barbered; or, a reduction in the value of an asset (7) |
| MARIGOLDHOTEL | The Best Exotic ___ a 2011 comedy-drama film starring Judi Dench as Evelyn Greenslade: 2 wds. |
| JANECAMPION | Kiwi who is only the third woman to win a Best Director Oscar (4,7) |
| CAPRA | Director of the first film to win all five top Oscars (Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay) |
| THEBOOKGROUP | Channel 4 comedy drama in which an American who moves to Glasgow starts a reading club (3,4,5) |
| ANG | Lee who was the first Asian to win a best-director Oscar |
| ASIA | Michelle Yeoh, the first woman to win a best actress Oscar from this continent |
| SIDNEY | First name of the first African-American to win a Best Actor Oscar |
| DRESS | Noun for personal attire or a frock that, as an adjective, means apply vinaigrette to salad, prepare poultry, prune a tree, style the hair or tie a fly (5) |
| MIDNIGHTCOWBOY | Only X-rated film to win the Best Picture Oscar |
| REBECCA | Only Hitchcock film to win the Best Picture Oscar |
| NIGHT | It Happened One ___ (1934) was the first film to win Oscars in the five major categories (5) |
