| BARNUM | Impresario whose life was fictionalised in the film The Greatest Showman |
| BERTRAM | British impresario whose circus was famous for its Christmas shows at Olympia (7,5) |
| MILLS | British impresario whose circus was famous for its Christmas shows at Olympia (7,5) |
| SERGEDIAGHILEV | Russian impresario whose company of ballet dancers included Karavina, Nijinsky and Bolm (5,9) |
| PTBARNUM | Circus impresario played by Hugh Jackman in the 2017 film The Greatest Showman |
| RINGO | Johnny -, American outlaw whose life was the basis of the 1950 film The Gunfighter (5) |
| EFRON | Zac, U.S. actor who played Philip Carlyle in the 2017 musical film The Greatest Showman (5) |
| FERGUSON | Rebecca, Swedish actress who played Jenny Lind in the 2017 musical film The Greatest Showman (8) |
| ANDROCLES | In Roman legend, a slave whose life was spared in the arena by a lion from whose paw he had extracted a thorn (9) |
| ELTON | ___ John, pianist whose life was charted in the 2019 musical film Rocketman (5) |
| FARMER | Surname of the actress whose life was portrayed in 1982 film Frances (6) |
| THISISME | Song from the 2017 musical film The Greatest Showman largely sung by Keala Settle (4,2,2) |
| NEVER | ___ Enough: song from 2017 musical film The Greatest Showman (5) |
| APRIL | Summer Bay woman whose life was in danger when she was bitten by a snake (5,5) |
| THETRUMAN | Jim Carrey played a man whose life was broadcast live around the clock in ___ Show (3,6) |
| FANNYBRICE | US actress and singer whose life was the inspiration for the musical Funny Girl (5,5) |
| OAKLEY | Annie, U.S. sharpshooter whose life was the subject of the musical Annie Get Your Gun (6) |
| TRULYTHISMANWASTHESONOFGOD | John Wayne's single line in the 1965 film The Greatest Story Ever Told |
| MOZART | Fictionalised in a play by Peter Shaffer, a classical composer who wrote Apollo et Hyacinthus when he was 11 and around 600 further compositions throughout his career including RequiemA (6) |
| SMERSH | Soviet counter-intelligence umbrella organisation fictionalised in Ian Fleming's James Bond novels (6) |
