| TOM | His films include Top Gun and Alien (3,8) |
| SKERRITT | His films include Top Gun and Alien (3,8) |
| CRUISE | Mission: Impossible actor whose early films include Top Gun and Cocktail (6) |
| MCGILLIS | Kelly, actress whose films include Top Gun (8) |
| JESSEPLEMONS | His films include The Power Of The Dog and Bugonia (5,7) |
| AYKROYD | His films include 1980's The Blues Brothers, Dan ------- (7) |
| CUSACK | His films include 2000's High Fidelity, John ------ (6) |
| SERGIOLEONE | Director; answers to asterisked clues are characters of one of his films (6,5) |
| SILASMARNER | Novel involving Mars and aliens, ending in war |
| RYANREYNOLDS | His movies include Green Lantern and Deadpool (4,8) |
| TIMROBBINS | US actor who won an Academy Award for his role in Mystic River, and whose films include The Shawshank Redemption, Top Gun and Bull Durham (3,7) |
| TALKTOMEGOOSE | Emotional plea in "Top Gun" and "Top Gun: Maverick" |
| KENNYLOGGS | His songs were in "Top Gun" and "Footloose" |
| SCOTT | Tony ___, late director of the films Top Gun and Man on Fire (5) |
| VAL | ___ Kilmer starred in Top Gun and The Doors. (3) |
| VALKILMER | Top Gun and Tombstone actor (3,6) |
| KARLS | Malden (who regretted changing his name, and would insert the name Sekulovich into his films wherever possible) and Marx |
| CARYL | --- Churchill, British playwright whose works include Top Girls and A Number (5) |
| ANTHONYEDWARDS | US actor who played the role of Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw in the movie Top Gun and Dr Mark Greene on the television series ER (7,7) |
| CHURCHILL | Caryl ___, English playwright whose award winning plays include Top Girls and Serious Money (9) |
