| CHERYLSTRAYED | American novelist whose memoir "Wild" was adapted into a 2014 film: 2 wds. |
| GONEGIRL | 2012 novel by Gillian Flynn adapted into a 2014 film starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike (4,4) |
| MARJANE | With 38-Across, Iranian graphic novelist whose memoir "Persepolis" was adapted into a 2007 animated film |
| JERSEYBOYS | Hit 2005 Broadway musical made into a 2014 film |
| NAME | Spell My ___ with an S sci fi short story by Isaac Asimov that was adapted into a 2014 short film directed by Samuel Ali |
| TREK | 94-day undertaking in the Cheryl Strayed memoir 'Wild' |
| PACIFICCREST | Trail hiked solo by writer Cheryl Strayed, as described in her memoir Wild (7,5) |
| MAYLE | Author whose memoir A Year in Provence was adapted into a television mini-series starring John Thaw and Lindsay Duncan, and novel A Good Year into a film with Russell Crowe and Albert Finney (5) |
| SUSANNAKAYSEN | American author whose memoir "Girl, Interrupted" was adapted into a 1999 film: 2 wds. |
| THEMAZERUNNER | Dystopian young adult novel that was turned into a 2014 movie: 3 wds. |
| VERA | Forename of the author and mother of Shirley Williams whose memoir Testament of Youth was adapted into a film with Alicia Vikander in 2014 (4) |
| VERONICAMARS | Kristin Bell TV series made into a 2014 movie |
| RICHARDPOWERS | American novelist whose novel The Overstory won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2019: 2 wds. |
| TURNER | J.M.W. , English painter and watercolourist played by Timothy Spall in a 2014 film (6) |
| SELMA | Title city in a 2014 film by Ava DuVernay |
| MALEFICENT | Disney antagonist played by Angelina Jolie in a 2014 film of the same name (10) |
| HERCULES | Character in Greek mythology played by Dwayne Johnson in a 2014 film (8) |
| NOAH | Old Testament figure played by Russell Crowe in a 2014 film (4) |
| GYPSYROSELEE | Burlesque and striptease artist whose memoir was adapted into a 1959 stage musical |
| APES | Talking creatures in a 2014 film |
