| LACAGEAUXFOLLES | A 1978 film based on a 1973 farce by Jean Poiret |
| HABEASCORPUS | The 1973 farce by Alan Bennett (6,6) |
| UNBOUND | Frankenstein - - -, 1990 sci-fi horror film starring John Hurt, based on a 1973 novel by Brian Aldiss (7) |
| MINORPOET | M. Poiret, no dud a€“ but no Keats (5,4) |
| ARTDECO | Paul Poiret style |
| STEVIE | 1978 film based on a play by Hugh Whitemore (6) |
| THEBETSY | 1978 film based on a Harold Robbins novel |
| SUPERMAN | 1978 film based on a DC Comics character starring Christopher Reeve in the titular role |
| ROE | Name on a 1973 decision |
| GREASE | Song by Frankie Valli forming part of the soundtrack of a 1978 film musical (6) |
| ANIMALHOUSE | Delta Tau Chi, in a 1978 film title |
| REEVE | Christopher, U.S. actor who first played Superman in a 1978 film (5) |
| DEATHTRAP | Sidney Lumet film based on a 1978 play by Ira Levin (9) |
| THEYRUN | 1944 stage farce by Philip King adapted as a film in 1955 (3,3,4,3) |
| SEEHOW | 1944 stage farce by Philip King adapted as a film in 1955 (3,3,4,3) |
| ROXANNE | A 1978 song by the Police - and a 1987 film starring Daryl Hannah (7) |
| CHARLEYSAUNT | 1892 stage farce by Brandon Thomas (8,4) |
| AUNT | 'Charley's ---', farce by Brandon Thomas (4) |
| MAGISTRATE | The ?, 1885 stage farce by Arthur Wing Pinero |
| PAULPRY | Popular 19th-century stage farce by John Poole (4,3) |
