| HANSCHRISTIANANDERSEN | Author of The Tinderbox and The Tin Soldier, portrayed by Danny Kaye in a 1952 film |
| MITTY | Walter -, vivid fantasist portrayed by Danny Kaye in a 1947 motion picture (5) |
| BRONX | Carelessly edit out the tinderbox in NY borough (5) |
| SHARPE | Richard ___, fictional soldier portrayed by Sean Bean (6) |
| INCHWORM | Song originally performed by Danny Kaye in the 1952 film 'Hans Christian Andersen' (8) |
| EVANS | Actress remembered for her role as Lady Bracknell in a 1952 film adaptation of The Importance of Bei |
| ANDERSEN | Danish author of a number of fairy tales including The Fir Tree, The Little Match Girl, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and The Snow Man (8) |
| NOON | Arrival time of Frank Miller's train, in a 1952 film |
| DANNYKAYE | American actor-comedian who played Hans Christian Andersen in a 1952 film (5,4) |
| CHALICE | "The ____ from the palace has the brew that is true" (Danny Kaye, in The Court Jester) |
| ILL | "And the oboe it is clearly understood; Is an ... wind that no one blows good," according to Danny Kaye in The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty |
| FLAGEOLET | Member of the fipple flute family with the recorder and the tin whistle; or, a young haricot bean used in French cookery (9) |
| TOYS | Small hand-held novelty trifles which most children expect to find wrapped under a Christmas tree, famously depicted in the form of tin soldiers and mechanical dolls in The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky ( |
| HALROACH | US silent film producer and director portrayed by Danny Huston in 2018 biopic Stan and Ollie |
| KWAI | River in the title of a 1952 novel and a 1957 film (4) |
| THEWIZARDOFOZ | Film featuring Dorothy and the Tin Man whose second word is a spell-casting person and whose fourth word is hidden in "Eurozone": 4 wds. |
| RENE | First name of the cafe owner played by Gorden Kaye in the classic sitcom 'Allo 'Allo (4) |
| CHECKERS | Famed White House dog mentioned in a 1952 speech by Richard Nixon |
| RIVERKWAI | Waterway in the title of a 1952 war novel by French author Pierre Boulle (5,4) |
| SCARECROW | Yellow brick road companion of the Cowardly Lion and the Tin Woodman |
