| QUIZSHOW | Film which tells the true story of the scandal of the fifties TV game show Twenty One (4,4) |
| TAILGATE | Closely follow the scandal of the Three Blind Mice? (8) |
| PLEB | Insult at the heart of the scandal that led to Andrew Mitchell's resignation from government in 2012 (4) |
| GERITOL | Tonic that sponsored the quiz show Twenty-One |
| SGTBILKO | 1996 comedy film starring Steve Martin, an adaptation of the 1950s TV series The Phil Silvers Show (3,5) |
| SCOREBOARD | What may show twenty with chap bagging a run? (10) |
| DANDURYEA | Star of the 1950s TV series "China Smith" |
| NORMARAE | 1979 film. based on the true story of Crystal Lee Sutton. for which Sally Field won a Best Actress Oscar (5,3) |
| SWANLAKE | Ballet which tells the story of Odette (4,4) |
| RUNNINGS | Cool ___, 1993 comedy film based on a true story of a bobsledding team from Jamaica (8) |
| IRANGATE | Political scandal of the Reagan era |
| BASTARD | "The ___ Brigade" (2019 book subtitled "The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb") |
| CAPTAINPHILLIPS | 2013 film inspired by the true story of the 2009 Maersk Alabama hijacking (7,8) |
| COOLRUNNINGS | 1993 film starring John Candy loosely based on the true story of the Jamaica national bobsleigh team |
| EXPENSES | Name given to the scandal that overtook Westminster in 2009 (8) |
| QUIZ | 1994 movie based on the true story of a rigged TV general knowledge game, ... Show |
| INNOF | 1958 film based on the true story of missionary Gladys Aylward, The ... The Sixth Happiness (3,2) |
| MENOFHONOR | 2000 film starring Cuba Gooding Jr. which tells the story of the first African American Master Diver in the US Navy (3,2,5) |
| SOCIALNETWORK | The ___ 2010 drama film based on the true story of Facebook's origins with Justin Timberlake playing Sean Parker: 2 wds. |
| OLDMANAND | The ___ the Sea short novel by Ernest Hemingway which tells the story of a Cuban fisherman: 3 wds. |
