| TONYCURTIS | Hollywood actor in Some Like It Hot and The Great Race (4,6) |
| BILLYWILDER | Director born in 1906 whose films included 'Some Like it Hot' and 'The Apartment' (5,6) |
| WILDER | Billy _, director of the films Some Like It Hot and The Apartment (6) |
| BLAKEEDWARDS | Director of films 10, Darling Lili and The Great Race |
| ERNEST | Hollywood actor in classic The Wild Bunch, ... Borgnine (6) |
| MATTHAU | Hollywood actor in drag forgetting line after dull finish |
| CAST | Actors in some of America's theatres |
| DEVILISH | Take lead from 15 across - it is hot and the sort of behaviour you'd expect from 26 across (8) |
| JACKLEMMON | Actor who starred in Some Like It Hot with Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe (4,6) |
| GEORGERAFT | Gangster portrayer in Some Like It Hot |
| UKULELES | They're heard in 'Some Like It Hot' and 'Lilo and Stitch' |
| LEMMON | Actor who starred in Some Like it Hot, The Odd Couple, The Out-of-Towners and Glengarry Glen Ross (6) |
| PARIS | City where the race ends in "The Great Race" (1965) |
| PIXE | Dessert hurled during a classic food fight scene in the 1965 film "The Great Race" |
| PUG | Any one of the crown prince of Carpania's many dogs in "The Great Race" |
| SUGAR | First name of the character played by Marilyn Monroe in Some Like it Hot; or, linked with "craft" for an art form used to decorate cakes and desserts (5) |
| VIVIANVANCE | She played Hester Goodbody in 'The Great Race' |
| MARILYN | Screen name of actress Norma Jean Mortenson, who won the Golden Globe for Best Actress for her work in Some Like It Hot (first name only) (7) |
| MARILYNMONROE | "Presidential" actress who played Sugar Kane Kowalczyk in "Some Like It Hot": 2 wds. |
| KEITH | Man seen in 'Some Like It Hot' (5) |
