| NORA | Director/screenwriter Ephron |
| DELIA | "Michael" co-screenwriter Ephron |
| DELIAFAILED | Screenwriter Ephron bombed? |
| ROBREINER | American film director, screenwriter and actor whose films as a director include This Is Spinal Tap, The Princess Bride and When Harry Met Sally... (3,6) |
| EPHRON | Director/screenwriter Nora |
| ALMODOVAR | "Talk to Her" director/screenwriter, 2002 |
| ZAK | Director/ screenwriter Penn |
| MANI | ___ Ratnam, Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer |
| SLY | Actor/director/screenwriter Stallone, casually |
| SOFIA | Director/screenwriter Coppola |
| WES | Director/screenwriter Anderson who's been nominated for six Oscars |
| ANGLEE | Taiwanese-born director, screenwriter and producer whose films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain (3,3) |
| DEE | Director/screenwriter ___ Rees who was nominated for an Oscar in 2018 |
| EDWARDS | Blake _, Academy Awardwinning American film director, screenwriter and producer (7) |
| BLAKEEDWARDS | Academy Award-winning American film director, screenwriter and producer who married Julie Andrews in 1969 (5,7) |
| APARNA | Indian film director, screenwriter and actress (First name) |
| GISH | Lillian ___ (1893 - 1993), Ohio-born film actress, director, screenwriter, etc (4) |
| ALEXANDERPAYNE | American film director, screenwriter and producer whose films include About Schmidt, Sideways and The Holdovers (9,5) |
| NORAS | Ephron and Mrs. Charles |
| NOREEN | Ephron, perhaps, were she a colleen |
