| PROTEGEE | Eve Harrington vis-a-vis Margo Channing, in a classic movie plot |
| BOY | ___ meets girl (start of a classic movie plot) |
| ANNEBAXTER | Actress who was nominated for an Oscar as ingenue Eve Harrington in "All About Eve": 2 wds. |
| SEATBELTS | "Fasten your .... It's going to be a bumpy night," warned Bette Davis, as Margo Channing, in All About Eve (4,5) |
| DAVIS | "Fasten your seat belts. It's going to be a bumpy night," warned Bette ..., as Margo Channing, in All About Eve |
| TREX | Creator of ripples in a water glass, in a classic movie scene |
| EVE | "Fasten your seat belts. It's going to be a bumpy night," warned Bette Davis, as Margo Channing, in |
| BETTEDAVIS | Actress who was nominated for an Oscar as actress Margo Channing in "All About Eve": 2 wds. |
| HELLO | What "you had me at," in a classic movie line |
| ARSENIC | Element which pairs with Old Lace in a classic movie title |
| WEEKEND | Time lost in a classic movie (7) |
| YELLOWBRICKROAD | Something followed in a classic movie |
| ZEPPOMARX | Straight man in a classic-movie quartet |
| CAPER | Complicated bank heist in a movie plot, for example |
| ALLABOUTEVE | 1950 drama in which Bette Davis plays aging Broadway star Margo Channing: 3 wds. |
| SLEUTH | Detective or a classic movie with Laurence Olivier |
| DEEPENED | Got more intriguing, as a movie's plot |
| HOLES | Bad things for a movie's plot to have |
| ERROLFLYNNNIGHT | Part of a classic movie festival? |
| ROAR | Sound heard before many a classic movie |
