| THEBADGUYS | 2022 animated movie in which Sam Rockwell voices a gray wolf who's a pickpocket: 3 wds. |
| DEADCALM | 1989 film in which Sam Neill and Nicole Kidman are a husband and wife on a yacht (4,4) |
| ALCATRAZ | Series in which Sam Neill played Emerson Hauser. |
| MONSTERSINC | 2001 animated movie in which Billy Crystal voices a green, one-eyed creature (2 wds.) |
| DIP | Related to "dive", a word for a plunge; a bath; a quick swim; a hollow; a candle; a sag; a pickpocket; or, sauce in which to dunk crisps/crudites (3) |
| NIPPER | A carter, a costermonger or a navvy's boy assistant; a chela of a crab or a lobster; a child; a cutpurse or a pickpocket; a creature that bites or pinches; or, one of a pair of cuffs (6) |
| HITPIG | Upcoming animated movie in which Jason Sudeikis voices the titular bounty hunter |
| RED | "Turning ___" (2022 animated movie set in Toronto) |
| PUSS | "___ in Boots: The Last Wish" (2022 animated movie) |
| FROZENII | Animated movie in which Elsa (spoilers!) abdicates the throne |
| SEA | The ___ Beast (2022 animated movie) |
| DEL | "Guillermo ___ Toro's Pinocchio" (2022 animated movie) |
| CHESS | Strategic board game at which Sam Blakeman excels in Coronation Street (5) |
| SPACEMAN | Song with which Sam Ryder represented the UK at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest |
| SEEHOW | New murder mystery film with Sam Rockwell (3,3,4,3) |
| THEYRUN | New murder mystery film with Sam Rockwell (3,3,4,3) |
| SAFEMEN | Sam Rockwell and Steve Zahn appeared in this disorganised crime comedy (4,3) |
| MOON | The underrated Sam Rockwell was great as a troubled astronaut in this 2009 S-F drama. |
| LOISLANE | Character voiced by Olivia Wilde in the 2022 animated film DC League of Super-Pets (4,4) |
| RHINO | Iris in the 2022 animated film "My Father's Dragon," e.g. |
