| RIDDICK | Character portrayed by Vin Diesel in four sci-fi films from 2000 to 2013 (7) |
| LAIDLAW | Rhodes scholar. All Black, MP, Race Relations Conciliator and host of Radio NZ's Sunday Morning 2000 to 2013, Chris _ (7) |
| MISSIONTO | ___ Mars American sci-fi film from 2000 about a manned exploration mission to Mars that goes wrong: 2 wds. |
| IAM | "___ Number Four"; sci-fi movie |
| GROOT | Arboreal character voiced by Vin Diesel in "Guardians of the Galaxy" |
| ILIESCU | Ion ___, President of Romania from 1989 to 1996, and from 2000 to 2004 |
| ARRIVAL | Sci-fi film from 2016 starring Amy Adams (7) |
| ELEMENT | The Fifth -------, sci-fi film from 1997 (7) |
| COXLESS | British rowers won the men's ____ four at every Olympic games from 2000 to 2016 |
| MCCAGUE | Sean ....... , 33rd president of the Gaelic Athletic Association from 2000 to 2003 (7) |
| FERRARI | From 2000 to 2004, Michael Schumacher won five consecutive world drivers' titles with which team? (7) |
| ABYSSAL | Relating to ocean depths from 2000 to 5000 meters. |
| SARACOX | English broadcaster who presented Radio 1 Breakfast from 2000 to 2003 (4,3) |
| CARRYON | Bawdy comedy franchise of 31 films from Sergeant to Emmannuelle , along with a revival, Columbus , in 1992 |
| AOSCOTT | New York Times film critic from 2000 to 2023 |
| FELLINI | Which renowned Italian directed films from 1950 to 1990? (7) |
| LYRICAL | Poetic, semi-historical films from last year shown at the opening (7) |
| SNOWDAY | Wintry family comedy film from 2000 (4,3) |
| PIERCEBROSNAN | Fifth actor to play James Bond, in four films from 1995 to 2002 (6,7) |
| FELL | David Bowie sci-fi film from 1976, The Man Who ---- to Earth (4) |
