| GWYNETHPALTROW | Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar winner for Shakespeare in Love |
| PALTROW | Gwyneth, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar winner for Shakespeare in Love (7) |
| GWYNETH | Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar winner for Shakespeare in Love (7,7) |
| DENCH | Judi, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for Shakespeare In Love (5) |
| JUDIDENCH | 1999 Oscar winner for "Shakespeare in Love" |
| STOPPARD | Playwright Tom who also wrote the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love (and won an Oscar for it) |
| ESPERANCE | There's hope for Shakespeare in Western Australia (9) |
| MIRANDA | I'm raising name in theatre school for Shakespeare role |
| ENSPHERE | Pen debut for Shakespeare possibly? Look at this set in Globe (8) |
| GLOBETHEATRE | Where for Shakespeare all the world was a stage? |
| SWELL | Dandy title in part for Shakespeare, after all |
| GREATDANES | The beasty types in Hamlet, the first for Shakespeare (5,5) |
| GLOBE | All the World's a stage for Shakespeare (5) |
| BANQUO | How to make quotable list for Shakespeare role |
| EER | Ending for how or who, for Shakespeare |
| CARDINALWOLSEY | Clown is already prepared for Shakespeare role |
| ATPOINTS | Into past acting in readiness for Shakespeare |
| HARDEN | After Hamlet's entrance, scene for Shakespeare play is set |
| SONNETEER | Part of issue clear always, poetically, for Shakespeare, say |
| SESAME | Case for Shakespeare with identical opening word? (6) |
