| THECRITIC | British period thriller movie starring Sir Ian Mckellen (3,6) |
| RICHARD | "___ III" (1995 film starring Sir Ian; it's a Shakespeare play re-imagined in 1930s England) |
| CHINATOWN | 1974 period thriller film starring Jack Nicholson (9) |
| DREAMLAND | 2020 period thriller film directed by Miles Joris-Peyrafitte and starring Finn Cole and Margot Robbie (9) |
| ZULU | 1964 movie starring Sir Michael Caine (4) |
| WALLANDER | TV drama series starring Sir Kenneth Branagh (9) |
| ABITOFADO | 1989 comedy-drama series starring Sir David Jason (1,3,2,1,2) |
| JOHNREBUS | Detective protagonist of Knots And Crosses (1987) 24 subsequent novels by Scottish author Sir Ian Rankin (4,5) |
| NIGHTHUNTER | Current psychological thriller movie starring Henry Cavill and Alexandra Daddario (5,6) |
| QUIET | A ___ Place thriller movie starring Emily Blunt |
| DIEHARD | 1988 action/thriller movie starring Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman (3,4) |
| NET | 1995 thriller movie starring Sandra Bullock, The --- (3) |
| IMNOTQUITE | Start of a quote by Sir Ian Mckellen |
| GANDALF | The Lord of the Rings wizard played by Sir Ian Mckellen (7) |
| STAND | Hugh Jackman and Sir Ian McKellen superhero sequel, X-Men: The Last ----- (5) |
| MAGNETO | X-Men character played by Sir Ian McKellen (7) |
| FREDDIE | First name of the Vicious character played 1y Sir Ian McKellen (7) |
| EYE | --- in the Sky, 2016 thriller movie starring Dame Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul and Alan Rickman (3) |
| OUT | Like Sir Ian McKellen |
| WIZARD | "I often get mistaken for Dumbledore. One ___ is very much like another": Sir Ian McKellen (6) |
