| VINCENTPRICE | 20th-century American actor who starred in horror films including House Of Wax (7,5) |
| BORISKARLOFF | English actor known for his roles in horror films, including that of Frankenstein's monster in three movies in the 1930s (5,7) |
| ALPACINO | Star of films including House Of Gucci (2,6) |
| SPENCERTRACY | 20th-Century American actor who won two consecutive Best Actor Oscars, for Captains Courageous and Boys Town (7,5) |
| MATTHAU | Walter ---, 20th-Century American actor who starred in ten films with Jack Lemmon, including The Odd Couple (7) |
| STEVEMCQUEEN | American actor who starred in films including Bullitt and The Great Escape (5,7) |
| GEORGECSCOTT | American actor who starred in 1980 Canadian horror movie "The Changeling": first name + initial + surname |
| MATURE | Victor ---, 20th-Century American actor who starred in The Robe (6) |
| BUSTERCRABBE | American actor who starred as Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers in movie serials of the 30s-40s (6,6) |
| VICTORMATURE | American actor who starred in Samson And Delilah and 1953's The Robe (6,6) |
| WESLEYSNIPES | American actor who starred in the Blade film trilogy |
| CLARKGABLE | 20th-Century American actor who played Rhett Butler in Gone With The Wind (5,5) |
| LEEMARVIN | 20th Century American actor who won an Oscar for his dual roles in the 1965 film Cat Ballou (3,6) |
| JAMESSTEWART | 20th Century American actor who won an Oscar for the 1940 film The Philadelphia Story, also starring 13 Across (5,7) |
| PRICE | Vincent, horror film actor who starred in 1953's House of Wax (5) |
| THAW | Actor who starred in television series including Home to Roost, Inspector Morse and an adaptation of Peter Mayle's memoir A Year in Provence (4) |
| ROMERO | George A. ___, US director of horror films including 1968's Night of the Living Dead (6) |
| SNIPES | Wesley ---, American actor who starred in the Blade series of films (6) |
| APIS | Genus of a melliferous honeycomb architect living in a house of wax; or, a sacred Egyptian bull, housed with great reverence in stone (4) |
| KARLOFF | US film actor, Boris noted for his performances in horror films (7) |
