| PARKER | Director, writer and producer whose films include Pink Floyd: The Wall, The Commitments and Angela's Ashes (6) |
| JONAVNET | American director, writer and producer whose films include Fried Green Tomatoes, Up Close & Personal and Red Corner |
| HYACINTH | Bulbous spring-flowering plant of the asparagus family whose popular varieties include Pink Pearl and Woodstock (8) |
| HYAMS | "2010: The Year We Made Contact" (1984) director, writer and producer |
| ROBERTCARLYLE | Scottish actor whose films include Trainspotting, The Full Monty and Angela's Ashes |
| DAMONWAYANS | American actor, comedian, writer and producer whose films include the 1992 comedy Mo' Money |
| LILYTOMLIN | American actress, comedienne, writer, and producer whose films include Nashville, 9 to 5 and All of Me |
| PHALANGE | "Piano Hour" and Angela's broken finger bone (8) |
| GRAFFITI | The writing's on the wall - the Irish love a party with some spirit, ideally |
| SAMSMITH | Singer of Writing's On The Wall, the Spectre Bond film theme song (3,5) |
| WRITING | If seen on the wall the end is nigh |
| COPPOLA | Director and producer whose films include The Godfather and its sequels, Apocalypse Now and The Rain |
| SCARFE | Gerald, cartoonist and art director on the film Pink Floyd - The Wall (6) |
| BURTON | Director and producer whose films include Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (6) |
| ALEXANDERPAYNE | American film director, screenwriter and producer whose films include About Schmidt, Sideways and The Holdovers (9,5) |
| MIRA | and 36d, Indian film director, actress and producer whose films include Salaam Bombay! and Monsoon Wedding |
| ALANPARKER | Director of "Fame" and "Pink Floyd-The Wall" |
| ANGLEE | Taiwanese-born director, screenwriter and producer whose films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain (3,3) |
| PUTTNAM | Life peer and producer whose films include Chariots of Fire and The Mission (7) |
| NAIR | see 9dn, Indian film director, actress and producer whose films include Salaam Bombay! and Monsoon Wedding |