| MARKRUFFALO | Actor with the same initials as Michael Rezendes, his role in "Spotlight" |
| JOHNBELUSHI | Actor with the same initials as Jake Blues, his role in "The Blues Brothers" |
| JAMESSTEWART | Actor with the same initials as Jefferson Smith, his role in "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington" |
| ANTHONY | With 31-Across, actor with the same initials as Alfred Hitchcock, his role in "Hitchcock" |
| LIZAMINNELLI | Actress with the same initials as Linda Marolla, her role in "Arthur" |
| GWBUSH | Prez with the same initials as an NYC landmark |
| GWB | Prez with the same initials as an N.Y.C. landmark |
| ALLITERATION | Poetic rhyming device using words with the same initial letter (12) |
| BARRYGIBB | One of the founders of the puzzle's title group; all the starred entries have the same "initials" |
| ERIC | ___ Roberts The Expendables actor who palyed James Munroe in the 2010 action film and also starred as Michael Z. in Inherent Vice |
| LIEVSCHRIEBER | Marty Baron in Spotlight, Ted Winter in Salt and John Clark in The Sum Of All Fears are film roles played by this US actor (4,9) |
| CARELL | Starred as Michael Scott in the US version of The Office, Steve ------ (6) |
| EVENSO | All the same initial odds: below fifty-fifty (4,2) |
| ELWES | Actor with the title role in "Robin Hood: Men in Tights" |
| TEAMMATE | Fellow player true equal, as Michael Murphy and Thompson, especially in the beginning |
| FARRAHFAWCETT | Model and actress who died on the same day as Michael Jackson (6,7) |
| LLEWELYN | Actor with the most appearances in the James Bond film franchise, playing the character of Q 17 times between 1963 and 1999 (8) |
| DESMOND | Actor with the most appearances in the James Bond film franchise, playing the character of Q 17 times between 1963 and 1999 (7) |
| SELLERS | Actor with the line "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!" |
| LIEVSCHREIBER | "Ray Donovan" actor who appears in "Spotlight": 2 wds. |
