| RR | Initials of the actor who created the Sundance Film Festival |
| REDFORD | In 1981, which actor created the Sundance Institute to encourage independent filmmaking? (7) |
| NPH | Initials of the actor who played The Toymaker in Doctor Who (3) |
| MEK | Initials of the actor who played 1 Across |
| ROBERTREDFORD | American actor and film director, founder of the Sundance Film Festival (6,7) |
| PROMISEDLAND | 1987 film starring Kiefer Sutherland and Meg Ryan that was the first film to be commissioned by the Sundance Film Festival |
| BURIED | Film starring Ryan Reynolds that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010 (6) |
| UTAH | Home of the Sundance Film Festival |
| INDIE | Many an entry at the Sundance Film Festival |
| NEA | Org. that helped fund the Sundance Film Festival |
| HOPONTHEBUSGUSVANSANT | Tip for a director trying to reach the Sundance Film Festival from his hotel? |
| MST | Hrs. for the Sundance Film Festival |
| BIKEL | Theodore ?, folk singer-actor who created the role of Captain Georg von Trapp in The Sound of Music on Broadway in 1959 (5) |
| JOSSACKLAND | Actor who created the role of Juan Peron in the musical Evita opposite Elaine Paige |
| BLOODSIMPLE | The 2020 Sundance Film Festival begins on Jan. 23; this movie won the 1985 Grand Jury Prize there, launching the careers of the Coen Brothers |
| RUFUS | British actor who created the role of Jan in Tom Stoppard's 2006 play, Rock 'n' Roll, ... Sewell |
| LENNYHENRY | Comic actor who created the character Delbert Wilkins (5,5) |
| KILL | "The Things You ___" (film nominated in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, which will be held Jan. 23-Feb. 2; entrants were announced yesterday) |
| SETH | Ted voice actor who created the animated series Family Guy and American Dad!, ___ Macfarlane (4) |
| MATTER | Shi-Zheng Chen film which won the Alfred P Sloan Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, Dark ... |
