| DASHWOODS | Elinor and Marianne in Jane Austen's 1811 novel as per the adaptation at #9- |
| DASHWOOD | Family featured in Jane Austen's 1811 novel Sense & Sensibility (8) |
| ELINOR | ___ Dashwood, protagonist of Jane Austen's 1811 novel Sense and Sensibility (6) |
| CURTAIN | Screen short, first class adaptation at last |
| SENSE | Elinor and Marianne was the initial title of ___ and Sensibility |
| AUSTEN | Jane _, author of the 1811 novel Sense And Sensibility (6) |
| BRIGITTEBARDOT | French actress, singer and fashion model who became the official face of Marianne in 1969 (8,6) |
| CHRISTIE | Best-selling novelist of all time who penned the Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple novels as well as the world's longest-running play - The Mousetrap (8) |
| ALCOTT | Author of the Little Women series of novels as well as Flower Fables, A Garland for Girls, Rose in Bloom and Under the Lilacs |
| EMMA | Title heroine described in the first lines of her novel as "handsome, clever and rich" |
| WINSLET | Actress who portrays Marianne in Sense and Sensibility (1995) (7) |
| TWEENAGER | Little Nell's beginning in great novel, as child (9) |
| TULL | Vernon, Cora, Eula, and Kate --, characters in William Faulkner's novel 'As I Lay Dying' (4) |
| KAHRL | AIR-ihk ___suhn (Captain of the Ottawa Senators, as per the little pronunciation key under the names |
| SEVENOAKS | Winnipeg: Battle of ___ ___ national historic Site of Canada, as per the 1816 conflict in the Pemmic |
| PANT | The 'Emerging Player of the Year' as per the 2018 ICC Awards. (4) |
| GIRLONA | The -, 1968 film drama starring Alain Delon and Marianne Faithfull (4,2,1,10) |
| MOTORCYCLE | The -, 1968 film drama starring Alain Delon and Marianne Faithfull (4,2,1,10) |
| GIRLONAMOTORCYCLE | The ?, 1968 film drama starring Alain Delon and Marianne Faithfull |
| HOTHEAD | Madman seen in Psycho (the adaptation) |
