| JACQUELINEBISSET | Actress aptly named for her role in The Greek Tycoon (1978), loosely based on the life of Aristotle Onassis |
| VAGUS | The body's "wandering nerve", aptly named for its extensive meandering course traveling from the medulla oblongata of the brain to the gut (5) |
| ERIS | Dwarf planet aptly named for the Greek goddess of discord and strife since its definition remains a subject of scientific debate (4) |
| CLASH | --- of the Titans, epic lm loosely based on the Greek myth of Perseus (5) |
| MARTIN | A swift-flying swallow-like bird, such as the "house" species aptly named for its nest site under the eaves of a cottage or other such habitation (6) |
| ARI | Model for filmdom's "The Greek Tycoon" |
| ELSA | Character in the Disney films Frozen and Frozen II, loosely based on the title character of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Snow Queen (4) |
| LYCEUM | A gymnasium in Athens that was the location of the peripatetic school of Aristotle |
| MARIECURIE | She has a chemical element named for her -- and won both the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics and the 1911 Nobel Prize for Chemistry (2 wds.) |
| FRASER | Great Olympian who trained in the oldest baths in sydney, now named for her (4,6) |
| DAWN | Great Olympian who trained in the oldest baths in sydney, now named for her (4,6) |
| HEATHCLIFF | Musical loosely based on the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte that was the brainchild of Cliff Richard |
| EVELYN | 2002 film starring Pierce Brosnan and Sophie Vavasseur, loosely based on the story of Desmond Doyle's fight against the Irish courts |
| TEEN | Supernatural drama series loosely based on the 1985 film of the same name, - Wolf (4) |
| BILLYBATHGATE | 1991 film, loosely based on the novel of the same name by E L Doctorow, starring Dustin Hoffman as gangster Dutch Schultz |
| BATTLESHIP | 2012 action-adventure film loosely based on the board game of the same name (10) |
| COOLRUNNINGS | 1993 film starring John Candy loosely based on the true story of the Jamaica national bobsleigh team |
| SUPERSTAR | Rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, loosely based on the Gospels' accounts of the Passion (5,6,9) |
| JESUSCHRIST | Rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, loosely based on the Gospels' accounts of the Passion (5,6,9) |
| MINORITYREPORT | 2002 Steven Spielberg film starring Tom Cruise, loosely based on the short story of the same name by Philip K Dick |
