| KESEY | Author whose novel One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest was adapted into a film with Jack Nicholson (5) |
| FLEW | One - Over the Cuckoo's Nest; Ken Kesey novel adapted into a film with Jack Nicholson (4) |
| 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) |
| SPARK | Author whose novels include The Comforters,The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (adapted into a film with Maggie Smith), The Girls of Slender Means, A Far Cry From Kensington and The Finishing School (5) |
| CLOCK | Fantasy film with Jack Black and Cate Blanchett, The House with a ___ in Its Walls (5) |
| ODETS | Group Theatre co-founder and author of Waiting for Lefty whose play The Country Girl was adapted into a film with Grace Kelly (5) |
| PRIME | The _ of Miss Jean Brodie; novel by Muriel Spark that was adapted into a film with Maggie Smith in 1969 (5) |
| TRAIN | The Girl on the -; Paula Hawkins' novel adapted into a film with Emily Blunt (5) |
| YATES | Author whose Revolutionary Road was adapted into a film with Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio (5) |
| ALBEE | Edward -; dramatist whose play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was adapted into a film with Elizabeth Taylor (5) |
| MAGUS | The -; 1965 novel by John Fowles, adapted into a film with Michael Caine (5) |
| EYRIE | Nest was considerately nothing to do with Scotland (5) |
| ANGER | Film comedy with Jack Nicholson from 2003, ----- Management (5) |
| GREAT | 'The --', 1965 comedy film with Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis (5) |
| WOMEN | Little ___; book by Louisa May Alcott adapted into a film with Emma Watson, Saoirse Ronan and others (5) |
| WHARTON | Edith a"; author whose novel The Age of Innocence was adapted into a film with Michelle Pfeiffer and Daniel Day-Lewis 7:A::The Phantom of the -; Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on a novel by Gaston |
| SALEM | Capital where ". . . Cuckoo's Nest" was filmed |
| PANDA | Animated film with Jack Black, Kung Fu ----- (5) |
| HOFFA | 1992 drama with Jack Nicholson in the title role |
| ABOUT | Our star's movie with Jack Nicholson: - Schmidt |
