| GUINNESS | Founder in 1759 of a brewery specialising in Irish dry stout; or, an actor who starred in The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia (8) |
| HOLDEN | Who starred in "The Bridge on the River Kwai", William ... (6) |
| LAGER | Alternative to a stout or an ale |
| DANCE | Movement(s) co-ordinated by a choreographer; or, an actor who starred in Alien 3, Gosford Park, The Imitation Game and Game of Thrones (5) |
| ROWE | Dramatist whose works include Tamerlane, Lady Jane Grey and The Fair Penitent; or, an actor who starred in the 1985 film Young Sherlock Holmes (4) |
| ISAAC | Forename of either a master of the mint who discovered gravity, a vegetarian teetotaller who invented a system of shorthand or an actor who invented a sewing machine (5) |
| YEASTY | Like the smell of a brewery |
| FOAM | Head of a brewery? |
| FEED | An amount of provender for cattle or of sustenance for a baby; a plentiful meal; the rate of progress of a lathe; or, an actor's stooge (4) |
| DEAN | From the Latin meaning "chief of ten", the head of a university faculty; or, an actor in Rebel Without a Cause, one of only three films during his career (4) |
| SCRIPT | Cursive handwriting, or printed type in this manner; an orthography; or, an actor or director's copy of a film or play's dialogue or text (6) |
| ANTIC | Old word for an absurd act or an actor in a grotesque or ludicrous part such as a clown or buffoon (5) |
| DOUBLE | An old Guernsey copper coin; a drink with two shots; a fast marching pace; or, an actor's substitute (6) |
| ENTRANCE | A door, gate or other portal; or, an actor's arrival onto the stage (8) |
| JAMESWOLFE | British general who died in the hour of victory when capturing Quebec from the French in 1759 |
| MIME | An act or play without dialogue; or, an actor performing in such (4) |
| TEACH | In The Bridge On The River Kwai, Alec Guinness declared, "We can ... these barbarians a lesson in We |
| EXIT | Slip road where vehicles may leave a motorway; or, an actor's departure from the stage (4) |
| PLAINSOFABRAHAM | Site of an important British victory during the Seven Years' War in Canada in 1759 (6,2,7) |
| WOLFE | General James ____ died in the hour of victory, over the French at Quebec in 1759 |
