| HERRMANN | Bernard ___, Best Music, Original Score Oscar nominee for Obsession and Taxi Driver (8) |
| KORNGOLD | Erich Wolfgang ___, Best Music, Original Score Oscar winner for The Adventures of Robin Hood (8) |
| BARRY | John ___, Best Music, Original Score Oscar winner for Out of Africa (5) |
| AHAB | Literary captain whose name is a byword for obsession |
| LIONKING | The ___, 1994 animated film for which Hans Zimmer won a Best Music, Original Score Oscar (4,4) |
| ENNIO | Best Music, Original Score Oscar nominee for The Untouchables Bugsy, Days of Heaven, The Mission and Malena (5) |
| MORRICONE | Best Music, Original Score Oscar nominee for The Untouchables Bugsy, Days of Heaven, The Mission and Malena (9) |
| ELFMAN | Danny ?, film composer; Best Music, Original Score Oscar nominee for Big Fish (6) |
| SCORSESE | Which Martin directed the films Mean Streets and Taxi Driver? (8) |
| MIDNIGHT | 1978 film drama for which Giorgio Moroder won a Best Original Score Oscar (8,7) |
| JOHNWILLIAMS | Best Music, Original Score Oscar-winner for Star Wars (4,8) |
| LION | and 6dn, The ?, 1994 animated film for which Hans Zimmer won a Best Music, Original Score Oscar (4,4) |
| KING | The -, 1994 animated film for which Hans Zimmer won a Best Music, Original Score Oscar (4,4) |
| EXPRESS | 1978 film drama for which Giorgio Moroder won a Best Original Score Oscar (8,7) |
| RACHELPORTMAN | British composer who won a Best Original Score Oscar in 1996 for Emma (6.7) |
| CABRIOLET | Carriage and taxi given permission to go around city (9) |
| TONYDANZA | Who's the Boss? and Taxi star (4,5) |
| DANNYDEVITO | Ruthless People and Taxi actor (5,6) |
| MARILU | Henner of "Evening Shade" and "Taxi" |
| HANGUPS | Informal term for obsessions or preoccupations one puts the proverbial phone receiver down on, thus disconnecting mental flow (4-3) |
