| STAYINGALIVE | Film sequel to Saturday Night Fever directed by Sylvester Stallone (7,5) |
| ALIVE | Film sequel to Saturday Night Fever directed by Sylvester Stallone (7,5) |
| STAYING | Film sequel to Saturday Night Fever directed by Sylvester Stallone (7,5) |
| FEVER | Saturday Night ---, film whose sequel Staying Alive was directed by Sylvester Stallone (5) |
| RAMBO | 2008 sequel directed by Sylvester Stallone |
| DISCO | Doc is dancing to Saturday Night Fever music, for instance (5) |
| ROCKY | First name of a "zero to hero" boxer character played by Sylvester Stallone (5) |
| BALBOA | Surname of the fictional boxer played by Sylvester Stallone in the Rocky film series (6) |
| JOHNRAMBO | Protagonist in the novel 'First Blood', portrayed in film by Sylvester Stallone (4,5) |
| BOXINGISA | Start of a quip by Sylvester Stallone: 3 wds. |
| ROOSTERCOGBURN | 1975 film sequel to the 1969 Western True Grit starring John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn |
| JEWELOFTHENILE | 'The -', 1985 film sequel to 'Romancing the Stone' (5,2,3,4) |
| JEDI | 'Return of the ---', 1983 film sequel to The Empire Strikes Back (4) |
| RETURN | 1983 film sequel to The Empire Strikes Back (6,2,3,4) |
| OFTHE | 1983 film sequel to The Empire Strikes Back |
| ADONISCREED | Central character of two film sequels to the Rocky series |
| ALUM | Adam Sandler, to "Saturday Night Live" |
| WEEKEND | Sounds like feeble finish to Saturday and Sunday (7) |
| SOMEDAY | Anytime Sunday to Saturday (4,3) |
| WEEK | From Sunday to Saturday (4) |
