| JKSIMMONS | He was Will Pope in The Closer. (1,1,7) |
| JK | Played police chief Will Pope in The Closer (-- Simmons) |
| MATTDAMON | He was Will Hunting, Private Ryan, and Mr. Ripley |
| MCDONNELL | Mary - stars in TV series Major Crimes and The Closer (9) |
| RECLOTHES | Dresses differently for the closer shape (9) |
| SISTINE | _ Chapel, the chapel of the Pope in the Vatican at Rome, famous for its Renaissance frescoes by Michelangelo and others (7) |
| WASHINGTON | "You can be the lead in your own life." She played Olivia Pope in the television drama Scandal. |
| SEE | Holy ?, diocese of the Pope in the Vatican (3) |
| BULLRING | Items associated with the Pope in the public arena |
| HOLYSEE | Diocese of the Pope in the Vatican |
| PRYCE | He played one of the popes in The Two Popes |
| ALEXANDER | Name of Pope, in either order |
| TARPAULIN | Pope in train organised cover (9) |
| SAVESITUATION | Time to bring in the closer |
| KYRA | Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson in The Closer, ... Sedgwick (4) |
| SEDGWICK | Kyra ___, won a Golden Globe for her role in The Closer (8) |
| CONCLAVE | An assembly of cardinals for the election of a Pope in the Roman Catholic church (8) |
| BORGIA | Italo-Spanish family which produced two popes in the 15th Century, patrons of the arts who helped the Renaissance (6) |
| KERRY | Actress who plays Olivia Pope in the television drama Scandal, ___ Washington |
| LEONINE | Catty pope in the eleventh century? (7) |
