| QUINCY | Film-score composer of The Color Purple and In The Heat Of The Night, ... Jones |
| STEIGER | U.S. actor who appeared in the films On The Waterfront and In The Heat of the Night (7) |
| OPRAH | Winfrey of "The Color Purple" and "The Butler" |
| DANNYGLOVER | Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film series was played by this US actor, whose movies include The Color Purple and Witness (5,6) |
| HENSON | Taraji P. ___ (she plays Shug Avery in the new musical version of "The Color Purple," which premiered on Christmas Day) |
| CIARA | One-named singer who played Nettie in the 2023 remake of "The Color Purple" |
| ZIMMER | Hans ---, film score composer who wrote the music for The Lion King and Gladiator (6) |
| HANS | --- Zimmer, film score composer who wrote the music for The Lion King and Gladiator (4) |
| CHROME | ___ yellow is a shade of the color, and it is a lead compound. (You can also fill in the blank with the name of a well-known web browser.) |
| ALICE | Name on the cover of The Color Purple |
| RYCOODER | American musician, songwriter, film score composer, and record producer (2,6) |
| TIOMKIN | Film score composer Dimitri with twenty-six Oscar nominations and four wins |
| TEAL | A deep greenish blue, reminiscent of the colour of the distinctive eye patches of a duck of the same name (4) |
| ADOLPH | Caesar of "The Color Purple" |
| AVERY | Margaret of "The Color Purple" |
| GLOVER | Danny of "The Color Purple" |
| DG | Initials for Glover of "The Color Purple" |
| WALKER | Alice ___ (born 1944), US author of The Color Purple (1982) |
| ALICEWALKER | Author of The Color Purple |
| PUGH | Actor Willard of "The Color Purple" |
