| MORETZ | Chloe Grace _, actress whose films include Kick-Ass and Shadow in the Cloud (6) |
| STRONG | Mark _, actor whose film credits include Kick-ass and Kingsman: The Secret Service (6) |
| ROUSSEAU | A leader of the Barbizon school noted for paintings depicting the changing light and shadow in the forest of Fontainebleau such as Under the Birches, Evening (8) |
| CHLOE | _ Grace Moretz, star of the 2020 horror film Shadow In The Cloud (5) |
| GRACE | Chloe _ Moretz, star of the 2020 action horror film Shadow In The Cloud (5) |
| CARTER | Pen name of a novelist and short story writer whose works include The Magic Toyshop, Nights at the Circus and Shadow Dance (6) |
| MACKEY | Emma _, actress whose films include Death on the Nile and Barbie (6) |
| BARNES | Ben _, actor in the TV shows Westworld and Shadow And Bone (6) |
| CAPLAN | Lizzy _, actress whose films include Now You See Me 2 and Extinction (6) |
| LAURIE | Piper _ actress whose films include Carrie and Children of a Lesser God (6) |
| APACHE | Instrumental song written by Jerry Lordan and covered by The Shadows in 1960 (6) |
| BASSET | Bet on that ass and I'll hound you for doing it! (6) |
| GNOMON | Caster of shadow in garden? Little fellow therein cut one short |
| OUTWIT | Endlessly dour ass and fox (6) |
| ODESSA | Ass and doe wandering in Black Sea port |
| SHAVED | Lost a shadow, in a way |
| HORACE | "We are but dust and shadow" writer |
| EYELID | Spot for primer and shadow, maybe |
| STRIDE | Mel ---, Conservative MP and shadow chancellor |
| DIAZ | Cameron _, actress whose films include The Mask and Knight and Day (4) |
