| EMMA | Jane Austen character played by Anya Taylor-Joy in a 2020 movie |
| FURIOSA | Title role for Anya Taylor-Joy in a 2024 prequel |
| BETHHARMON | Fictional chess prodigy played by Anya Taylor-Joy in The Queen's Gambit (4,6) |
| PEACH | Princess voiced by Anya Taylor-Joy in "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" (April, 2023) |
| BETH | ___ Harmon female protagonist on The Queen's Gambit played by Anya Taylor-Joy |
| DILEMMA | Princess left Jane Austen character in a conundrum (7) |
| ELIZABETHBENNET | Jane Austen character who marries Mr Darcy |
| JERRYGARCIA | In a 2020 constable race in Texas, an incumbent of this name defeated a same-named rival who was recruited in what was called a dirty trick; no word on whether either plays guitar |
| SMOOTHOPERATOR | He moves "in space with minimum waste and maximum joy," in a 1985 hit |
| ANYA | Taylor-Joy in "Furiosa: a Mad Max Saga" |
| MARAINEY | U.S. blues singer born in 1886, played in a 2020 film by Viola Davis (2,6) |
| HART | Miranda _. English actress who played Miss Bates in a 2020 film adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma (4) |
| MAR | *"Mother of the Blues" played by Viola Davis in a 2020 film |
| TESLA | Inventor played by Ethan Hawke in a 2020 film |
| GAMBIT | Queen's -; a chess opening after which a novel by Walter Tevis and subsequent miniseries starring Anya Taylor-Joy take their titles (6) |
| THEQUEENSGAMBIT | 2020 Anya Taylor-Joy Netflix series about a chess prodigy |
| GINA | Anya Taylor-Joy's character in Peaky Blinders, _ Gray (4) |
| AVALON | Arthurian isle associated with Glastonbury; or, a novel by Anya Seton (6) |
| PIPEMMA | Afternoon on the radio brings a Dickens and an Austen character |
| NIKOLATESLA | Croatia was approved this month as the 20th nation to adopt the euro as its currency; what Croatian-born inventor was played by Ethan Hawke in a 2020 biopic? |
