| BENTURPIN | Cross-eyed silent-movie actor who died in 1940 (3,6) |
| LON | Iconic horror-movie actor who died in 1930, --- Chaney (3) |
| RUDOLPH | --- Valentino, Italianborn silent-movie actor who starred in films including The Sheik (7) |
| TURPIN | Ben ?, cross-eyed silent movie comedian who died in 1940 (6) |
| JACKBLACK | "A Minecraft Movie" actor who costars in the 2025 movie "Anaconda": 2 wds. |
| VALKILMER | Top Gun actor who died in April at age 65 (3,6) |
| CHEVALIER | French singer and film actor who died in 1972 (7,9) |
| SQUINTING | Cross-eyed person with several siblings involved in scam |
| SEEDOUBLE | Meet doppelganger and go cross-eyed (3,6) |
| OJSIMPSON | Once-idolised American football star and actor, who died recently (1,1,7) |
| PETERFALK | "Columbo" actor who died on June 23, 2011, at the age of 83 |
| LANSBURY | George ___, Labour Party leader from 1932-35 who died in 1940 (8) |
| ERIC | British sculptor, typographer and engraver who died in 1940 (4,4) |
| KLEE | Paul, Swiss painter who died in 1940 (4) |
| GRIMALDI | Joseph, English actor who died in 1837 noted as a clown in pantomime (8) |
| VALENS | Ritchie, singer-actor who died in a plane crash in 1959 aged 17 (6) |
| LUGOSI | Bela, horror-movie actor who starred in the 1931 film Dracula (6) |
| ROBERTVAUGHN | Actor who died in December 2016, the last surviving member of the original Magnificent Seven in the 1960 film |
| CRIBBINS | Actor who died in 2022, famous for his role as 7 in 21 & 13 (7, 8) |
| CAAN | James ---, actor who died in July whose final film role was in the forthcoming Fast Charlie (4) |
