| GLENPOWELL | Actor who plays a struggling quarterback in a forthcoming Hulu series |
| CHILDSTAR | Title of a forthcoming Hulu documentary directed by Demi Lovato; she herself is an example of the title |
| CHAD | "___ Powers" (forthcoming Hulu series starring 12-Across that was just featured in "The Hollywood Reporter") |
| BEGIN | ___ Again 2013 American musical drama film starring Keira Knightley in which she plays a struggling singer-songwriter Gretta James |
| ADVENTURES | "The New ___ of Old Christine" (sitcom on which 1-Across plays a struggling single mom) |
| NASH | Niecy ___ (she plays attorney Emerald Greene, who works at an all-female law firm, in the forthcoming Hulu legal drama "All's Fair"; its trailer dropped yesterday) |
| ISHRUNKTHEKIDS | Rick Moranis retired from liveaction films in 1997; he's now in talks to appear in a forthcoming sequel to this 1989 blockbuster |
| HONEY | Rick Moranis retired from liveaction films in 1997; he's now in talks to appear in a forthcoming sequel to this 1989 blockbuster |
| BARRYKEOGHAN | Irish actor cast as Ringo Starr in a forthcoming series of four biopics about the Beatles by Sam Mendes (5,7) |
| JONAH | Hill who will play Jerry Garcia in a forthcoming Grateful Dead movie |
| DESELECT | Fail to choose as a candidate in a forthcoming election (8) |
| TOLKIEN | Fantasy novelist portrayed by Nicholas Hoult in a forthcoming film (7) |
| SOLO | Han -; character in a forthcoming film based on adventures with Chewbacca before joining the Rebellion (4) |
| NEE | Born, in a forthcoming wedding? (3) |
| TOOTSIE | Which 1982 film starred Dustin Hoffman as a struggling actor who pretends to be a woman in order to |
| KRIEG | Quarterback in the Pro Bowl three times in the 1980s |
| RHYS | Actor who plays a scientist in The Amazing Spider-man, ___ Ifans (4) |
| GARYOLDMAN | "The Dark Knight" actor who plays a dictator in "The Hitman's Bodyguard": 2 wds. |
| DAVIDKOECHNER | "Anchorman" actor who plays a regular customer in "Superior Donuts": 2 wds. |
| DONAL | Actor who plays a kindergarten teacher in The Tao of Steve, ___ Logue |