| ASHCROFT | Dame Peggy, who won an Oscar for A Passage To India (8) |
| CASHBOOK | Money for a passage to India handled by accountant (8) |
| PEGGY | Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for A Passage to India (5,8) |
| PEGGYASHCROFT | Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for A Passage to India |
| JULIAROBERTS | Actress who won an Oscar for a 2000 film (2) |
| NICOLEKIDMAN | Actress who won an Oscar for a 2002 film (2) |
| KLINE | Kevin who won an Oscar for "A Fish Called Wanda" |
| COTILLARD | Who in 2008 became the first actor/actress to win an Oscar for a performance in French? (9) |
| ADELE | First songwriter to win an Oscar for a James Bond theme |
| LIVEANDLETDIE | Paul and Linda McCartney were nominated for an Oscar for a song in which Bond film? (4,3,3,3) |
| RON | Howard who won a Best Director Oscar for "A Beautiful Mind" |
| ORIENTED | Directed A Passage to India perhaps with writer? (8) |
| KIMHUNTER | American actress, born Janet Cole in 1922, who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for A Streetcar Named Desire (3,6) |
| JAMESFOX | Actor whose film roles include Richard Fielding in A Passage to India (5,3) |
| ARTMALIK | Actor in A Passage to India (3,5) |
| BILLIEEILISH | Songwriter who won her second Oscar, for a song from 2023's Barbie, at age 22: 2 wds |
| OCCIDENTAL | Unexpected to receive Oscar for a Western (10) |
| GUINNESS | 'A Passage to India' actor Alec |
| TOSCA | In the end, win Oscar for a musical work (5) |
| NOONAN | Peggy who wrote speeches for President Reagan |
