| JOHNHURT | Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for The Elephant Man |
| JOHN | Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for The Elephant Man (4,4) |
| HURD | Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for The Elephant Man (4,4) |
| HURT | John ?, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for The Elephant Man (4) |
| LYNCH | David ?, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Elephant Man and Blue Velvet (5) |
| DAVID | Best Director Oscar nominee for The Elephant Man and Blue Velvet (5,5) |
| DAVIDLYNCH | Best Director Oscar nominee for The Elephant Man and Blue Velvet (5,5) |
| BANCROFT | Anne, U.S. actress in The Elephant Man and The Graduate (8) |
| TREVES | Frederick, surgeon who cared for the Elephant Man, Joseph Merrick (6) |
| HANNIBAL | Elephant Man, taking look round court, sees monster in 13 3 (8,6) |
| MAHOUT | Bad actor turning down available role of the elephant man? (6) |
| NOSE | How to buy a ticket for the elephant ride? That's expensive! (3,7,3,4) |
| PAYTHROUGHTHE | How to buy a ticket for the elephant ride? That's expensive! (3,7,3,4) |
| EERIE | Like the music in The Elephant Man |
| MERRICK | Joseph ___, Leicester-born male known as the Elephant Man; subject of a 1980 film starring John Hurt |
| ANTHONYHOPKINS | ____ played surgeon Frederick Treves in The Elephant Man |
| AMNESIAC | Presumably not The Elephant Man as cinema interprets him |
| HUGESUCCESS | Good news for the elephant trainer? |
| IAMA | '-- human being!' ('The Elephant Man' quote) |
| AMNOT | "I __ an animal!" (words from the Elephant Man) |