| DOUBLEINDEMNITY | James M. Cain crime story filmed in 1944 with Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck (6,9) |
| SATURDAYNIGHT | ___ (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week) Frank Sinatra song which was originally published in 1944 with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Sammy Cahn: 2 wds. |
| THEBIRDS | Daphne du Maurier story filmed in 1963 by Alfred Hitchcock (3,5) |
| GASLIGHT | Stage melodrama by Patrick Hamilton filmed in 1944 by George Cukor (8) |
| INDEMNITY | Double ---------, 1944 film with Fred Macmurray (9) |
| THEMERRYWIVESOF | Tipsy partners, going in with Fred, soon disrupted play (3,5,5,2,7) |
| FEATHEREDFRIEND | Perhaps Robin and Harry fainted here with Fred |
| THEHAPPIEST | 1967 film musical starring Fred MacMurray and Tommy Steele (3,8,11) |
| MYTHREESONS | 1960-72 Sitcom starring Fred MacMurray, and a hint to the initials of the starred clues' answers |
| DOUBLE | James M Cain novella first published in book form in 1943 (6,9) |
| DADDYLONGLEGS | In the United Kingdom it's a crane fly but in Australia it's a house spider (and in the US it was a film with Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron) (5-4-4) |
| EGG | "The ___ and I"; film for Fred MacMurray & Claudette Colbert |
| THEPOSTMAN | - - Always Rings Twice; 1934 crime novel by James M. Cain (3,7) |
| RINGS | The postman always does this twice in the James M Cain novel |
| ROUSTABOUT | 1964 drama-musical film starring Elvis Presley and Barbara Stanwyck (10) |
| MEET | Frank Capra film starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck (4,4,3) |
| JOHNDOE | Frank Capra film starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck (4,4,3) |
| BALLOFFIRE | 1941 romcom starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck (4,2,4) |
| MEETJOHNDOE | 1941 Frank Capra film starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck (4,4,3) |
| CHARISSE | Cyd _, dancer and actress who appeared with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, including Singin' in the Rain (8) |
