| HITCHCOCK | Alfred -. director of film thrillers Sabotage and Saboteur (9) |
| OUTBREAKS | Form of potassium, concealed by saboteur, set off explosions (9) |
| SUBVERTER | Green going into puzzle over saboteur |
| DESTROYER | Saboteur in warship |
| TEABAG | Abandoned sabotage and so missed the makings of a brew (3,3) |
| SIRK | Douglas ?, director of film dramas Magnificent Obsession and Imitation of Life (4) |
| KEN | And 14 English director of film comedies The Fast Lady and Monte Carlo or Bust! (3,7) |
| PASOLINI | Pier Paolo ?, Italian director of film dramas Accattone and Mamma Roma (8) |
| SAYLES | John ?, director of film dramas Matewan and Passion Fish (6) |
| OZU | Yasujiro ?, Japanese director of film dramas Tokyo Story and Early Spring (3) |
| COCTEAU | French writer and director of film company has acute difficulty (7) |
| WENDERS | Wim ?, director of film dramas Hammett, The Million Dollar Hotel and Paris, Texas |
| KENANNAKIN | English director of film comedies The Fast Lady and Monte Carlo or Bust! |
| WIMWENDERS | Director of film dramas Hammett, The Million Dollar Hotel and Paris, Texas |
| EMERALD | Writer and director of film Promising Young Woman, ------- Fennell (7) |
| CARLREINER | Director of film comedies The Man with Two Brains and The Jerk |
| KORDA | Zoltan ?, director of film dramas Cry, the Beloved Country and A Woman's Vengeance (5) |
| ANNAKIN | English director of film comedies The Fast Lady and Monte Carlo or Bust! (3,7) |
| BERKELEY | Busby -, twetieth century director of film musicals |
| RON | Mr. Howard, director of film Apollo 13 (3) |
