| SAMWOOD | American director of films such as A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races and Goodbye, Mr. Chips |
| SPAGHETTI | ___ Western, type of film such as A Fistful Of Dollars (9) |
| GLINKA | Mikhail, Russian composer of the opera A Life for the Tsar (6) |
| MIKHAILGLINKA | 19th-century Russian composer whose works included the opera A Life For The Tsar (7,6) |
| TAVENER | John, British composer of the opera A Gentle Spirit (7) |
| SHAWNLEVY | Canadian director of films such as Cheaper by the Dozen and the Night at the Museum series (5,4) |
| MARXBROTHERS | Stars of A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races (4,8) |
| WELLES | Orson _, actor and director of films such as Citizen Kane and The Third Man (6) |
| HERBERTROSS | American director of films including The Sunshine Boys, The Goodbye Girl Footloose and Steel Magnolias (7,4) |
| EALINGCOMEDY | One of a series of films such as Kind Hearts and Coronets and The Lavender Hill Mob (6,6) |
| TIMBURTON | Director of films such as Alice in Wonderland and Beetlejuice (3,6) |
| FREDZINNEMANN | Director of films such as High Noon and From Here to Eternity |
| HILTON | Surname of the author of Lost Horizon and Goodbye Mr Chips (6) |
| OTOOLE | Surname of the leading film actor in Lawrence of Arabia and Goodbye, Mr Chips |
| SHERRIFF | R. C. -; dramatist noted for his play Journey's End who also wrote the screenplays to The Invisible Man and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (8) |
| SPIKE | - Lee, American director of films including Da 5 Bloods, Do the Right Thing and Malcolm X (5) |
| GERE | US actor, star of films such as Pretty Woman and American Gigolo, who recently stayed at the newly opened hotel in Formentor, Mallorca (7,4) |
| RICHARD | US actor, star of films such as Pretty Woman and American Gigolo, who recently stayed at the newly opened hotel in Formentor, Mallorca (7,4) |
| LEAN | David, English director of films such as Dr. Zhivago (4) |
| POLLACK | Sydney _, American director of films, including Out Of Africa and Tootsie (7) |