| UNAWARE | Blue Berets are patrolling Washington in the dark (7) |
| ONPATROL | Soldiers, police, or guards who are patrolling an area (2,6) |
| KALUUYA | Daniel ___ , British actor who played Chris Washington in the 2017 horror film Get Out (7) |
| UNKEMPT | Blue Berets stayed guarding male in a mess (7) |
| UNDRESS | Strip blue berets, for example (7) |
| UNSTRAP | Release Blue Berets with roles on way north |
| SPOKANE | City of E Washington in which the modern celebration of Father's Day was inaugurated by Sonora Smart Dodd in 1910 (7) |
| SCANDAL | Show featuring Washington in Washington |
| EASYRAWLINS | Detective hero of a novel series by US author Walter Mosley, played by Denzel Washington in the 1995 film Devil In A Blue Dress (4,7) |
| MACBETH | (GKN) Shakespeare character played by Denzel Washington in a film released on 25 December 2021 (7) |
| PODCAST | Online recording of old Washington in bygone days |
| HARVARD | Granter of an honorary degree to George Washington in 1776 |
| RUBINCARTER | Boxer portrayed by Denzel Washington in "The Hurricane": 2 wds. |
| JOHNQ | 2002 film drama starring Denzel Washington in the title role (4,1) |
| GEN | Geo. Washington, in the Revolutionary War |
| NED | Washington in the Songwriters Hall of Fame |
| DINAH | Washington in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |
| MCCALL | Robert ___, character played by Denzel Washington in the Equalizer films (6) |
| ISRAEL | Roman J ___, Esq., 2017 legal drama film starring Denzel Washington in the title role (6) |
| LAFAYETTE | French aristocrat and military officer who served under George Washington in the American Revolutionary War (9) |
