| LUHRMANN | Baz _, directed The Great Gatsby and recent biopic Elvis (8) |
| TWENTIES | Decade of the 20th century in which The Great Gatsby and Ulysses were published (8) |
| LEONARDO | - DiCaprio, The Great Gatsby and Inception actor (8) |
| ALANLADD | American actor whose films included 1953's Shane, 1949's The Great Gatsby and 1946's The Blue Dahlia (4,4) |
| ANDERSON | Wes _, directed The Grand Budapest Hotel (8) |
| SCORSESE | Martin _, directed The Wolf Of Wall Street (8) |
| RHAPSODY | Bohemian _, recent biopic about Freddie Mercury (8) |
| TOMHANKS | U.S. actor who played Colonel Parker in the 2022 musical film biopic Elvis (3,5) |
| ODENKIRK | Better Call Saul actor and recent Hollywood star recipient (3,8) |
| ISLA | _ Fisher, actress whose films include The Great Gatsby and Grimsby (4) |
| KARENBLACK | American actress whose films include Five Easy Pieces, The Great Gatsby and Nashville (5,5) |
| LASSETER | John _, directed Toy Story and Cars for Pixar (8) |
| ALLSHOOKUP | No.1 hit for the subject of the new biopic Elvis-and like the letters in ELVIS in one word of each theme entry |
| BERTOLUCCI | Which Italian (Bernardo ___) directed the films Last Tango in Paris and The Last Emperor? (10) |
| MIKELEIGH | ____ directed the films Vera Drake and Mr Turner |
| GILLIAM | Terry ____ directed the films Time Bandits and Brazil |
| NOLAN | Christopher ___, directed the films Inception and Insomnia (5) |
| ALTMAN | Robert ____ directed The Player and Gosford Park (6) |
| CHAPLIN | Comedian who wrote, starred-in and directed The Great Dictator (7) |
| DAISY | The hypotenuse in the love triangle that included Jay Gatsby and her husband Tom? (5,8) |
