| EISLER | Hanns, author of the 1947 book Composing for the Films (6) |
| LONELY | 'The -', 1947 book by Paul Gallico (6) |
| EMPORIA | Opera I'm composing for the big shops (7) |
| FRANK | The author of the 1947 posthumously published work The Diary Of A Young Girl, Anne _ (5) |
| MALCOLMLOWRY | Author of the 1947 novel Under the Volcano |
| GENET | Jean, author of the 1947 play The Maids (5) |
| BROUGH | Louise, winner of the 1947 US Women's National Singles tennis championship (6) |
| NUBLAR | Isla ____ , fictional volcanic island that is the setting for the films Jurassic Park and Jurassic World (6) |
| BEATTY | Producer noted for the films Bonnie and Clyde, Shampoo, Reds and Bugsy (6) |
| MINUET | Tune I'm composing for a stately court dance (6) |
| CINEMA | (Building for) the movies (6) |
| ASBOTH | Joseph, men's singles tennis player who won the 1947 French Championship (6) |
| DESIRE | Marlon Brando starred in the 1947 Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named ... |
| ROBINSON | Winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize for his work in discovering the structure of alkaloids (last name only) |
| GIDE | French recipient of the 1947 Nobel Prize for Literature; The Immoralist (1902) |
| DALY | Surname of the 1947 and 1995 British Open winners |
| ANDRE | French winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature (5,4) |
| KURTWEILL | Composer of the 1947 opera Street Scene (4,5) |
| WEILL | Kurt, composer of the 1947 opera Street Scene (5) |
| APPLETON | Sir Edward, winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physics (8) |
