| GERALDO | Bandleader in the 1943 Vera Lynn film We'll Meet Again (7) |
| STREET | Paul's '84 film (well, the music was good), Give My Regards to Broad ______. |
| SGTBILKO | Jonathan Lynn film comedy starring Steve Martin in the title role (3,5) |
| BILKO | 'Sgt ___' Jonathan Lynn film comedy starring Steve Martin in the title role (5) |
| CLUE | Jonathan Lynn film based on the board game Cluedo (4) |
| RENAULT | Louis, police chief played by Claude Rains in the 1943 film Casablanca (7) |
| IRELAND | Anger set down who we'll meet in the Rugby World Cup Group (7) |
| MOROCCO | Book covering side we'll meet in the World Cup (7) |
| ABSTAIN | Refrain puts bandleader in a bad spot (7) |
| MAESTRO | Bandleader in Newport seamlessly going retro? (7) |
| SOLEADO | Piece of music composed by Ciro Dammicco under the alias Zacar used as a basis for many songs including There Comes The Day. recorded by Vera Lynn and When a Child is Born. recorded by Johnny Mathis ( |
| ENGLAND | Vera Lynn was sure there would always be one (7) |
| URUGUAY | Teacher turned up uneasy when losing bearings - we'll meet in the Rugby World Cup Group (7) |
| BUSTERS | 1955 British war film based on the 1943 RAF mission Operation Chastise (7) |
| AYNRAND | Author of the 1943 novel The Fountainhead (3,4) |
| RAINS | Phantom Of The Opera in the 1943 film version, Claude ... |
| JEANRAY | Pseudonym under which Belgian author Raymundus Joannes de Kremer wrote the 1943 novel Malpertuis (4,3) |
| THESHINING | King was the bandleader in the miniseries |
| BARNES | ____ Wallis, British engineer who invented the bouncing bomb used in the 1943 Dambusters Raid (6) |
| ILSALUND | Ingrid Bergman's character in the 1943 romantic drama film Casablanca (4,4) |
