| DEARDEN | Basil ___, English director of the films Victim, Masquerade and Woman of Straw (7) |
| RHEA | Pillai, erstwhile model and "Woman of the year" honoree in 2003 |
| WINNER | Michael ___, English director of the Death Wish series of films (6) |
| ROEG | Nicolas ___, English director of films including The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) |
| LEIGH | Mike _, English director of films including Vera Drake (2004) |
| SYMS | Sylvia, late actress who played the wife of a closeted gay barrister in 1961 film Victim (4) |
| ALONE | Like many a horror film victim |
| ANNAKIN | English director of film comedies The Fast Lady and Monte Carlo or Bust! (3,7) |
| RUSSELL | Ken, English director of films including 1969's Women In Love and 1975's Tommy (7) |
| ELEANOR | English director of Doctor Zhivago or Queen of England (7) |
| BUNTING | Basil ___, poet best known for the 1965 work Briggflatts (7) |
| DAVIDLEAN | English director of the Oscar-winning films The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) (5,4) |
| KENANNAKIN | English director of the film comedy Monte Carlo Or Bust (3,7) |
| REED | Sir Carol, English director of the film The Third Man (4) |
| FLETCHER | Dexter, English director of the Elton John biopic Rocketman (8) |
| CAROLREED | Oscar-winning English director of the 1968 musical Oliver! (5,4) |
| KEN | And 14 English director of film comedies The Fast Lady and Monte Carlo or Bust! (3,7) |
| SCOTT | English director of films including 2021's The Last Duel and House of Gucci (5) |
| RODLEY | English director of films including 2021's The Last Duel and House of Gucci (6) |
| MIKE | English director of films including the Palme d'Or- and BAFTA-winning Secrets & Lies (1996) |
