| ZUCCO | George ___, Manchester-born actor who played Professor Moriarty in 1939 film drama The Adventures of |
| LOWRY | LS ___, Manchester-born artist (5) |
| HARRIS | Jared -; actor who played Professor Moriarty in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and Valery Legasov in Chernobyl (6) |
| OHARA | Maureen ?, actress who played Esmeralda in 1939 film drama The Hunchback of Notre Dame (5) |
| LON | Actor who played Lennie in 1939 film drama Of Mice and Men (3,6,2) |
| MAUREENOHARA | Actress whose roles include Esmeralda in 1939 film drama The Hunchback of Notre Dame (7,5) |
| ANDREMORELL | Actor who played Professor Quatermass in the 1958 BBC series and later was Dr Watson opposite Peter Cushing's Sherlock Holmes in the 1959 film The Hound of the Baskervilles (5,6) |
| HALEY | Jack ?, actor who played The Tin Man in 1939 film fantasy The Wizard of Oz |
| JACK | and 4ac, Actor who played The Tin Man in 1939 film fantasy The Wizard of Oz (4,5) |
| LAHR | Bert ___, actor who played Professor Spats in 1968 comedy-drama film The Night They Raided Minsky's |
| BERTLAHR | Actor who played Professor Spats in 1968 comedy-drama film The Night They Raided Minsky's (4,4) |
| RICKMAN | Alan ___, late actor who played Professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter film series (7) |
| MICHAELGAMBON | Irish actor who played Professor Albus Dumbledore in the last six Harry Potter films, replacing the late "16" |
| DAVIDTHEWLIS | Actor who played Professor Remus Lupin in the Harry Potter film series |
| WARWICK | Actor who played Professor Flitwick in the Harry Potter film series, --- Davis (7) |
| REICHENBACHFALLS | Location of the final altercation between Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty in The Final Problem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (11,5) |
| CEDRIC | Mr. Hardwicke, actor whose roles included Frollo in 1939 film The Hunchback of Notre Dame (6) |
| IANHART | Actor who played Professor Quirrell in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
| NEALCASSADY | US writer who was the model for the character Dean Moriarty in the Jack Kerouac novel On the Road (4 |
| ALANRICKMAN | Actor who played Professor Snape and was a misunderstood character in Harry Potter series: 2 wds. |