| VITOCORLEONE | Academy Award-winning role for both 20- and 26-Across |
| JOKER | Oscar-winning role for both Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix |
| ERIN | Julia Roberts' Academy Award-winning role |
| UHAUL | Rental with 10-, 15-, 17-, 20- and 26-foot sizes |
| DEBERGERAC | Multi-award-winning role for Ferrer |
| TINA | Tony Award-winning role for Adrienne Warren |
| ANITA | Oscar-winning "West Side Story" role for both Rita (1961) and Ariana (2021) |
| KINTE | Role for both Burton and Amos in a 1977 miniseries |
| MRDEEEDS | Title role for both Gary Cooper and Adam Sandler |
| EVITA | Title role for both Patti LuPone and Madonna |
| PIAF | Marion Cotillard's award-winning role |
| POP | Genre for 1- & 22-Across, 22- & 26-Across, 26- & 46-Across and 46- & 49-Across |
| DEAD | And 24 and 26 Across Former UEA student, Brian Bowles, is a voiceover artist who has appeared in ... Ringers, The Lord of the ... and The Inspector ... Mysteries (4 and 5 and 6) |
| NEWSPAPERSTANDS | 10 across and most of 8 across and 26 across? The tabloids are all over them! (9,6) |
| FLOGSADEADHORSE | Wastes one time producing 24 across from South Africa, 10 across and 26 across, for the most part (5,1,4,5) |
| ACADEMICDEGREES | For instance, first and second of 25 across and 26 across joining society (8,7) |
| THEPLOT | (and 25 across and 26 across) 2004 novel by 23 across which was adapted into a 2020 TV miniseries (3,4) |
| THEQUALITY | (and 26 across) Start of a famous speech by 19 across in 15,20 across (3,7) |
| INSURANCEPOLICY | Most of 22 across and 26 across provides security for The House (9,6) |
| THEDYNAMICDUO | Nickname for 16-Across and 26-Across, as a team |
