| PAULNEWMAN | Best Actor Oscar winner for The Color of Money (4,6) |
| NEWMAN | Paul ?, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for The Color of Money |
| SANDCAT | Animal named for the color of its fur and for its natural habitat |
| MNEMONIC | "Richard of York gave battle in vain," for the colors of the rainbow |
| REDELM | Tree named for the color of its wood |
| SNOWCRAB | Seafood selection named for the color of its meat |
| YELLOWISH | Speak loudly of love and hope for the colour of gold (9) |
| ROY | ___ G. BIV (memory aid for the colors of the rainbow) |
| FASTEDDIEFELSON | 25 years after The Hustler, Paul Newman won an Oscar for reprising this role in 1986's sequel The Color of Money |
| REDGUM | Australian tree named for the colour of its wood (3,3) |
| ECRU | Possible cure for the colour of linen (4) |
| TOMCRUISE | Co-star, with Paul Newman, of the 1986 film The Color of Money (3,6) |
| POOL | Cue sport/game depicted in the novel or film The Color of Money (4) |
| RED | The color of money (if that money is a Brazilian 10 real note) |
| TEVIS | Walter who wrote "The Hustler" and "The Color of Money" |
| BLUETIT | Small British garden bird named for the colour of its crest, wings and tail (4,3) |
| IMCK | Paul Newman's last line in "The Color of Money" |
| EDDIE | Paul's role in "The Color of Money" |
| CUE | Prop in "The Color of Money" |
| MARY | _ Elizabeth Mastrantonio, The Color of Money star (4) |
