| ASTAIRE | Dancer Fred in "The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle" |
| NERO | Roman emperor played by Peter Lorre in "The Story of Mankind" |
| ARIEL | Durant who co-wrote "The Story of Civilization" |
| BELL | "The Story of Alexander Graham ___" (Don Ameche movie) |
| ADELE | "The Story of ___ H." (Truffaut movie) |
| PETUNIA | Wife of Vernon, mother of Dudley, and Muggle aunt of Harry Potter (7) |
| HOE | Tool that makes the sound "scr-r-ritch, scratch, scratch, scritch" in "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" |
| SAURON | Dark Lord of Mordor, in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| SWAN | Bird that's "a-swimming" in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" |
| ARWEN | Daughter of Elrond in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| FBI | Clarice Starling's employer in "The Silence of the Lambs," in brief |
| ELWES | Cary in "The Princess Bride" and "Saw" |
| IRENE | Vernon and ___ Castle (Ballroom dancing duo of the 1900s) |
| RENE | Russo who played Natasha in "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle" |
| ENT | Tree creature in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| PRESENTMOMENTUM | Impulse behind the gift-giving in "The Twelve Days of Christmas"? |
| LAHR | Bert who played the Cowardly Lion in "The Wizard of Oz" |
| BEDROCK | Home town of Wilma and Fred in The Flintstones (7) |
| WYVERN | Dragon questioning the choice of Vernon, we hear (6) |
| TIME | Answer to Gollum's riddle in "The Hobbit" "This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers ..." |
