| STEINER | Film composer Max who scored "Gone With the Wind" |
| SCHERZER | Pitcher Max who won the AL Cy Young Award in 2013, and the NL Cy Young Award in 2016 |
| ERNST | Surrealist Max who painted "The Blessed Virgin Chastising the Infant Jesus Before Three Witnesses" |
| BAER | Actor Max who played Jethro on "The Beverly Hillbillies" |
| KIRSTY | __ Branning, wife of Max who works at the Queen Vic in EastEnders (6) |
| AVA | Singer ___ Max who has the new album Heaven & Hell |
| HOMA | Max who won the 2021 Genesis Invitational (4) |
| YASGUR | Max who owned the Woodstock farmland |
| STEINERS | Oscar-winning composer Max et al. |
| WEBER | Carl Maria von ---, composer; Max ---, sociologist |
| REGER | German composer Max |
| PAYNE | Fictional NYPD detective Max who's the title character in a series of video games |
| GAIL | Max who played Wojo on "Barney Miller" |
| PLANCK | Max who lent his name to a constant in physics |
| SASKIA | Sister of Max, who kissed Byron after she arrived in Erinsborough (6,6) |
| RAMSAY | Sister of Max, who kissed Byron after she arrived in Erinsborough (6,6) |
| NEWMAN | Randy, U.S. singer/songwriter and film composer who scored the 2019 film Marriage Story (6) |
| NINOROTA | Italian film composer who scored The Godfather (4,4) |
| ZIMMER | German film composer whose works include the scores to The Lion King, The Dark Knight and Inception (6) |
| ENNIO | Mr. Morricone, film composer whose scores include The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (5) |
