| BEN | and 46dn, American comedian and silent film actor who reportedly bought an insurance policy, payable if his eyes ever uncrossed |
| TURPIN | see 17dn, American comedian and silent film actor who reportedly bought an insurance policy, payable if his eyes ever uncrossed |
| BENTURPIN | American comedian and silent film actor who reportedly bought an insurance policy, payable if his eyes ever uncrossed |
| HAROLDLLOYD | US comedian and silent film star born in 1893 |
| VALENTINO | Rudolph, silent-film actor who appeared in The Sheik (9) |
| HARRISONFORD | "Raiders of the Lost Ark" actor who reportedly passed on the "Schindler's List" role that went to Li |
| JOHNTRAVOLTA | "Saturday Night Fever" actor who reportedly passed on the "Forrest Gump" role that went to Tom Hanks |
| PRENTICE | Beatrice --, American stage actress who was married to the silent film actor Harrison Ford (8) |
| CONKLIN | Chester ___, American silent film actor often seen with a walrus moustache (7) |
| RUDOLPH | Name shared by silent film actor signor Valentino, and a reindeer (7) |
| PREMIUMS | Amounts paid or payable, usually in regular instalments, for an insurance policy |
| TAKE | & 5Dn. Arrange an insurance policy and keep out of sight (4,5) |
| MADEFORTHEPART | Spooner reportedly bought the shopping centre as a perfect fit (4,3,3,4) |
| WALT | Method defining new director and silent film maker (4,6) |
| WALTDISNEY | Method defining new director and silent film maker |
| LYSANDER | Spartan general whose defeat of the Athenians bought an end to the Peloponnesian War (8) |
| MAGICHARM | Minus: I bought an amulet, but there was a hex on it. Now I've been afflicted with ___. |
| ROSCOE | First name of American silent film actor 'Fatty' Arbuckle (6) |
| CHAPLIN | Silent-film actor famous for his role in The Tramp (7) |
| REDDEN | Changing colors: What a person's cheeks become as he feels more and more embarrassed (or what a baby's bottom becomes if his diaper rash is getting worse) |
