| SAG | Award for film and TV performers, named for their union |
| SAGS | Awards for film and TV performers, informally |
| OSCAR | Academy Award for film acting (5) |
| MET | A circus performer named Jenny appeared to remember her former co-worker Shirley, though the two elephants had not seen* each other since they ___ over 20 years earlier |
| SCREENWRITERS | One who writes screenplays for film and TV (13) |
| IMDB | Go-to website resource for film and TV buffs. (1,1,1,1) |
| CHERIE | I cheer madly for film and TV actor Ms Lunghi (6) |
| PEYTON | ____ Place, novel by Grace Metalious published in 1956 that was later adapted for film and TV (6) |
| ORIENT | Murder on the _ Express, 1934 Agatha Christie whodunnit adapted for film and TV multiple times (6) |
| SPECIALEFFECTS | Illusions created for films and TV |
| EMIL | ____ and the Detectives, 1929 novel by German author Erich Kastner later adapted for film and stage (4) |
| RESIDUAL | TV performer's reward for reruns |
| HOOKANDEYE | Their union offers security (4,3,3) |
| NULLS | Things of no value to students in their union (5) |
| DRAMAS | Medicos embrace their union - exciting events! (6) |
| LOCKANDKEY | Their union offers security (4,3,3) |
| EMMY | Award for a TV performer |
| THESECRETGARDEN | Classic children's novel by writer Frances Hodgson Burnett, adapted for film and stage (3,6,6) |
| ACTRESS | Perhaps recasts could become TV performer (7) |
| LOGIE | Diary that is given to some TV performer |
