| RODSTEIGER | Best Actor Oscar-winner for In the Heat of the Night |
| STEIGER | Rod, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for In the Heat of the Night (7) |
| ROD | Steiger, Best Actor Oscar-winner for In The Heat Of The Night (3) |
| NORMANJEWISON | Film director who won Oscars for In the Heat of the Night, Fiddler on the Roof, and Moonstruck |
| OATES | O. Henry Award winner for "In the Region of Ice" (1967) and "The Dead" (1973) |
| BRADY | see 8ac, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for In Old Chicago |
| ALICE | Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for In Old Chicago (5,5) |
| QUINCY | Film-score composer of The Color Purple and In The Heat Of The Night, ... Jones |
| TIBBS | Virgil, character in the novel In the Heat of the Night (5) |
| OCONNOR | Played police chief Bill Gillespie in In the Heat of the Night (Carroll -------) |
| POITIER | Sidney ___, star of In the Heat of the Night (7) |
| INTHE | __ ___ Heat Of The Night: winner of 1967 Oscar for Best Picture (2,3) |
| NORMAN | Canadian director whose films include In the Heat of the Night, Fiddler on the Roof and Moonstruck (6,7) |
| JEWISON | Canadian director whose films include In the Heat of the Night, Fiddler on the Roof and Moonstruck (6,7) |
| SIDNEY | In the Heat of the Night first name |
| BUBBA | Alan Autry's role on "In the Heat of the Night" |
| BOWEN | Author of The House in Paris, The Death of the Heart and The Heat of the Day (5) |
| VSNAIPAUL | 1971 Booker Prize winner for "In a Free State" |
| SUNBURN | Result of having overdone it in the heat of the moment? (7) |
| THE | "In ___ Heat of the Night" |
