| CLEADUVALL | Hollywood director whose first name anagrams to "lace" and whose last name is formed by inserting a word meaning "two-way" into _ _ V _ _ L: 2 wds. (Theme answer: The circled letters spell a chemical |
| ALEC | Name that anagrams to "lace" |
| AVADUVERNAY | When They See Us director whose first name is spelled the same forward and backward: 2 wds. |
| EMERALDFENNELL | Promising Young Woman writer/director whose first name is a shade of green: 2 wds. |
| AMALCLOONEY | Lawyer and social justice advocate whose first name anagrams to "lama" and whose last name is formed by inserting a type of bird into C _ _ _ _ E Y: 2 wds. |
| FRIDAKAHLO | Mexican artist whose first name is a time of the week without its final letter and whose last name is formed by anagramming the first five letters of "Oklahoma": 2 wds. |
| AMYTAN | Writer whose first name anagrams to a month and whose last name anagrams to an insect: 2 wds. |
| PAULAABDUL | Choreographer whose first name anagrams to "Palau" and whose last name is an anagram of the first five letters of "bad luck": 2 wds. (Theme answer: This answer's initials spell a two-letter synonym fo |
| GORDONPARKS | Photojournalist whose first name anagrams to "drongo" and whose last name means "puts a car in a garage": 2 wds. |
| OMARAPOLLO | Musician whose first name anagrams to "roam" and whose last name is a Greek sun god: 2 wds. |
| ANGELABASSETT | Actor whose first name anagrams to "galena" and whose last name is spelled using only the letters in "beats": 2 wds. |
| AMADEUSCHO | Comic book character whose first name is formed by A + an anagram of "amused" and whose last name is hidden in "Dutch oven": 2 wds. |
| LEONARDCOHEN | Musician whose first name anagrams to "Renaldo" and last name anagrams to "Enoch": 2 wds. |
| ARUNDHATIROY | Writer whose first name is formed by an anagram of "Duran" + an anagram of "Thai" and whose last name is hidden in "fro-yo": 2 wds. |
| PETERPORKER | Comic book character whose last name is formed by inserting a casino game such as Texas hold 'em into _ _ R _ _ _: 2 wds. |
| YMASUMAC | Performer whose first name anagrams to the month after April and whose second word is a spice: 2 wds. |
| CHAPPELLROAN | Pop star whose name is formed by a word meaning "become dry" + P + an anagram of "llanero": 2 wds. (Theme answer: Her first name is a homophone of a religious building.) |
| INDIAARIE | Singer whose first name is a large South Asian country and whose last name becomes a type of soft cheese if the first letter is moved one forward in the alphabet: 2 wds. |
| OTOE | U.S. indigenous group whose name is formed by inserting a small body part into O _ _ _ |
| IMPASTO | Style of oil or acrylic painting whose name is formed by inserting a verb tense into I M _ _ _ _ O |
