| SEANPENN | Best Actor Oscar-winner for Mystic River and Milk |
| PENN | Best Actor Oscar winner for Mystic River and Milk |
| SEAN | Oscar-winning Mystic River and Milk actor, ... Penn (4) |
| TIM | Actor Robbins who won an Oscar for "Mystic River" |
| ROBBINS | Tim ___, actor who won an Oscar for Mystic River (7) |
| TIMROBBINS | US actor who won an Academy Award for his role in Mystic River, and whose films include The Shawshank Redemption, Top Gun and Bull Durham (3,7) |
| BACON | Mystic River and Black Mass actor, Kevin ___ (5) |
| DENNIS | ____ Lehane, author noted for his novels Mystic River and Shutter Island (6) |
| LAURALINNEY | American actress and singer whose films include The Truman Show, Mystic River and Sully |
| GAY | Mystic River and Fifty Shades of Grey actress, Marcia ... Harden (3) |
| RASPUTIN | Artist wrong to include place for mystic (8) |
| SWAMI | Did butterfly, perhaps, lead to illumination for mystic? (5) |
| RUNE | Race to the east for mystic symbol (4) |
| MAHARISHI | Sham hair I arranged for mystic master (9) |
| BAALSHEMTOV | Fancy hat's movable for mystic seen as the founder of Hasidic Judaism (4,4,3) |
| KEVINBACON | American actor whose films include Flatliners, A Few Good Men and Mystic River |
| KEVIN | ___ Bacon, actor whose films include A Few Good Men and Mystic River (5) |
| LEHANE | Dennis who wrote "Shutter Island" and "Mystic River" |
| NENN | Actor Sean of "Mystic River" |
| SEANPENNSYLVANIA | "Mystic River" actor, fully stated? |