| OLIVERSTONE | American director whose films include Platoon, Wall Street and JFK (6,5) |
| WILLEMDAFOE | American actor whose films include Platoon and The Last Temptation of Christ (6,5) |
| WESANDERSON | American director whose films include The Grand Budapest Hotel and The French Dispatch |
| DARYLHANNAH | American actress whose films include Blade Runner, Splash, Wall Street and Roxanne |
| STONE | American producer/director whose films include Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July (5) |
| ARTHURPENN | American director whose films include Bonnie and Clyde, Alice's Restaurant and Little Big Man |
| GORDONGEKKO | Michael Douglas character in Wall Street and its 2010 sequel |
| CLOSINGBELL | Day ender on Wall Street ... and, literally, what each answer to a starred clue has |
| DAFOE | Willem ___, American actor whose films include Platoon and The Last Temptation of Christ |
| OLIVER | _ Stone, director whose films include Platoon and Savages (6) |
| JOHN | American director whose films include Halloween, The Fog and Dark Star (4,9) |
| CARPENTER | American director whose films include Halloween, The Fog and Dark Star (4,9) |
| SPIKELEE | American director whose films include Do the Right Thing and Mo' Better Blues |
| STANLEYKUBRICK | American director whose films include Paths of Glory, 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange |
| DONSIEGEL | American director whose films include Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Dirty Harry and We Shootist (3,6) |
| SCORSESE | Martin _, American director whose films have included Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Goodfellas (8) |
| ROBERTALTMAN | American director whose films included M.A.S.H. and Gosford Park (6,6) |
| MARKRUDOLF | American director whose films including The Rose. The River and On Golden Pond (4,6) |
| JONAVNET | American director, writer and producer whose films include Fried Green Tomatoes, Up Close & Personal and Red Corner |
| ELIAKAZAN | Greek-American director, producer, writer and actor whose films include East Of Eden (4,5) |
