| KIDMAN | Actress in The Hours, The Others, The Killing of a Sacred Deer and Big Little Lies (6) |
| DEER | Colin Farrell and Barry Keoghan starred in The Killing of a Sacred ___. (4) |
| HARE | David -; dramatist who wrote the play Plenty and the screenplays to The Hours, The Reader and the four-part series Roadkill (4) |
| KILLINGOF | Colin Farrell psychological thriller, The...a Sacred Deer (7,2) |
| NICOLE | Australian actress of Top of the Lake and Big Little Lies, - Kidman (6) |
| MURDER | The killing of a famous racehorse was overturned (6) |
| CHAINS | In about an hour, the murderer's in shackles (6) |
| MANTRA | Fellow traveller on vacation in front of a sacred text |
| NIGHTS | Things change in the hours of darkness |
| HONOUR | The virtue to be on in the hour (6) |
| EARNIT | Put in the hours to succeed |
| SUSAN | Forename of two ladies surnamed Cooper, one a prolific ceramicist and designer and the other the author of The Dark Is Rising quintet (5) |
| LAURA | _ Dern, US actress whose TV credits include Twin Peaks: The Return and Big Little Lies (5) |
| REESE | The Morning Show and Big Little Lies actress, - - - Witherspoon (5) |
| DERN | Laura of "Little Women" and "Big Little Lies" |
| HALO | Circle of light shown in the art surrounding the head of a sacred person |
| ALLEN | Actor whose films include Shallow Grave, Blue Juice, Trainspotting and The Others, the father of a p |
| NICOLEKIDMAN | Australian actress who won a Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in The Hours |
| LILLIANHELLMAN | American dramatist whose plays include The Children's Hour, The Little Foxes and Toys in the Attic |
| HELLMAN | American dramatist whose plays include The Children's Hour, The Little Foxes and Toys in the Attic (7,7) |
