| ASHCROFT | Actress in films including Rhodes of Africa and A Passage to India (8) |
| DODECANESE | Greek archipelago including Rhodes, Kos and Patmos |
| SOMALIA | Like that nation in West Africa and a country in East Africa (7) |
| LANDMASSES | Australia and Africa and a bit of Mexico captured by Scottish maids (10) |
| NYALA | An antelope of southern Africa and a city in Sudan |
| ISABELLA | First name of an Italian actress in films including Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart (8) |
| RAMPLING | Actress in films including 45 Years, The Duchess, Georgy Girl and The Wings of the Dove (8) |
| SARANDON | Susan - actress in films including the Witches of Eastwick |
| FORSTER | Author of novels including A Room with a View, Howards End and A Passage to India who was a member of a secret society known as the Cambridge Apostles (7) |
| TAKEAWAY | Restaurant reached by lift and a passage |
| DENCH | Actress in films including Iris, Ladies in Lavender and Tulip Fever (5) |
| FOSTER | Jodie -; actress in films including The Silence of the Lambs, Little Man Tate and Sommersby (6) |
| KIDMAN | Nicole -; actress in films including Far and Away, The Hours, Genius and The Goldfinch (6) |
| WATSON | Actress in films including The Book Thief, Belle, The Theory of Everything and The Happy Prince (6) |
| FILMSTAR | Actor or actress in movies (4,4) |
| BELLUCCI | Monica, actress with roles in films including Spectre and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (8) |
| LEAN | Director noted for films including The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia and A Passage to India (4) |
| FORS | Who wrote A Room With A View and A Passage To India? (7) |
| EMFORSTER | Whose novels include A Room with a View and A Passage to India? (1,1,7) |
| JAMES | Actress in films including Darkest Hour, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Rebecca (2020) |
