| AMMONITE | Film loosely inspired by the life of British palaeontologist Mary Anning, played by Kate Winslet (8) |
| DINOSAUR | What word did British palaeontologist Sir Richard Owen coin in 1842? (8) |
| THEKINGOFKINGS | 2025 animated film loosely inspired by The Life of Our Lord by Charles Dickens (3,4,2,5) |
| ISTHISTHINGON | 2025 Bradley Cooper film loosely inspired by the life of comedian John Bishop (2,4,5,2) |
| EVEREST | 2015 film loosely inspired by Beck Weathers' memoir Left for Dead (7) |
| ELSA | Disney character loosely inspired by "The Snow Queen" |
| BLUEJEAN | 1984 David Bowie top ten hit, loosely inspired by Eddie Cochran |
| FOSSIL | Any one of the prehistoric remains collected from Lyme Regis by Mary Anning - the palaeontologist said to have inspired the tongue-twister "She sells seashells on the seashore" (6) |
| EAGLE | Eddie The - - -, film inspired by the life of Britain's first Olympic ski jumper (5) |
| EJOGO | Carmen ---, actress who played Addie in the 2020 Netflix mini-series Self Made: Inspired By The Life Of Madam C.J. Walker (5) |
| NOT | Film inspired by the life of BOB DYLAN, I'm ... There (3) |
| CITIZENKANE | 1941 Orson Welles film inspired by the life of US newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst (7,4) |
| LEEMILLER | American photographer and photojournalist played by Kate Winslet in a 2023 film (3,6) |
| IMNOT | Drama film inspired by the life of Bob Dylan, ___ There |
| GURU | Film starring Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, among others, that was (only) rumoured to be inspired by the life of Dhirubai Ambani |
| HEARST | Citizen Kane was inspired by the life of which media magnate? (6) |
| GAUGUIN | Somerset Maugham's 1919 novel Moon and Sixpence is inspired by the life of which French painter? (7) |
| RAINMAN | Best Picture Oscar winner inspired by the life of Kim Peek |
| BELOVED | 1988 Pulitzer-winning novel inspired by the life of Margaret Garner |
| IRIS | Murdoch played by Kate Winslet |
