| SPIES | Bridge of ---, 2015 Steven Spielberg film for which Mark Rylance won an Oscar (5) |
| LINCOLN | 2012 Steven Spielberg film for which Daniel Day-Lewis won a Best Actor Oscar |
| TED | Movie for which Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane won an MTV Movie Award for Best Onscreen Duo |
| FORETASTE | Strong point about Spielberg film for instance in trailer? (9) |
| DWELT | Foremost of doctrines by which Mark lived (5) |
| SPITZ | Which Mark won seven Olympic golds in 1972? (5) |
| CAIRN | A mound of stones which marks a boundary, a route across rough ground or the top of a mountain (5) |
| PRESA | Symbol which marks the entry of a voice or instrument (5) |
| CAREY | ___ Mulligan, DI Kip Glaspie in Collateral and star of 2015 film Suffragette (5) |
| LEEDS | City in which Marks & Spencer started as a market stall |
| BRIDGEOFSPIES | For which film did Mark Rylance win an Oscar for at this year's Academy Awards? (6,2,5) |
| MILES | Star of 2015 film Fantastic Four star, ----- Teller (5) |
| STEPH | N.B.A. M.V.P. of 2015 and '16, familiarly |
| ADELE | Person with the bestselling album of 2015 |
| HEINZ | Kraft merger partner of 2015 |
| SELMA | BET Awards Best Movie of 2015 |
| BRIDGE | 2015 film drama starring Tom Hanks and Mark Rylance (6,2,5) |
| OFSPIES | 2015 film drama starring Tom Hanks and Mark Rylance (6,2,5) |
| WOLF | ___ Hall, 2015 mini-series which starred Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell (4) |
| THEOUTFIT | 2022 film starring Mark Rylance as an English cutter who runs a tailor shop in Chicago (3,6) |