| FLASHDANCE | An Oscar-winning American romantic film (1983) |
| WAY | American romantic film The ___ We Were starring Barbra Streisand |
| EDWARDS | Blake ---, Oscar-winning American film director, screenwriter and producer whose movies include Breakfast At Tiffany's (7) |
| JOHNWAYNE | Oscar-winning American actor nicknamed 'Duke' (4,5) |
| STREEP | Meryl - - -, multiple Oscar-winning American actress (6) |
| ALANBALL | Oscar-winning "American Beauty" writer |
| MAHERSHALA | ---------- Ali, Oscar-winning American actor (10) |
| COPPOLA | Sofia _, Oscar-winning American filmmaker and screenwriter (7) |
| TARANTINO | Oscar-winning American filmmaker (9) |
| JEROMEROBBINS | Oscar-winning American choreographer and director who was codirector of 1961's West Side Story (6,7) |
| BRIELARSON | Stage name of Oscar-winning American actress Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers (4,6) |
| WAYNE | John - - -, Oscar-winning American actor who starred in many Western movies (5) |
| EMMA | Oscar-winning American actress ___ Stone, known for her role in La La Land. |
| PATRICIANEAL | Oscar-winning American actress who was married to Roald Dahl from 1953-83 (8,4) |
| THREECOINSINTHEFOUNTAIN | 1954 American romantic comedy film directed by Jean Negulesco that won an Oscar for Best Song |
| AND | John ___ Mary 1969 American romantic drama film starring Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow which was adapted from a Mervyn Jones novel |
| MANNEQUIN | 1987 American romantic comedy film starring Andrew McCarthy and Kim Cattrall (9) |
| EXHALE | 1996 American romantic comedy, Waiting to ------ (6) |
| ALLSTON | Washington, American romantic painter of the Hudson River School of artists (7) |
| TRAINWRECK | American romantic comedy starring Bill Hader and Amy Schumer in which LeBron James cameoed as himself |
