| KURKOVA | Karolina -, modelactress who played Cover Girl in 2009 action film GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra (7) |
| LOKEN | Kristanna -, modelactress who played T-X in 2003 action film Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (5) |
| HENSTRIDGE | Natasha -, modelactress who played Sil in 1995 sci-fi film Species (10) |
| PRESLEY | Singer-actor who starred in the films GI Blues and Blue Hawaii (5,7) |
| DILEMMA | Retired cover girl in predicament (7) |
| SIENNA | English actress and model who starred in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, ___ Miller |
| SOLDIER | Tommy Atkins or GI Joe? (7) |
| WARRIOR | GI Joe |
| RECRUIT | GI Joe |
| GI | "___ Joe: The Rise of Cobra"; 2009 Dennis Quaid movie |
| SIENNAMILLER | US born British actress whose films include Alfie, Layer Cake, Stardust, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Burnt and American Sniper (6,6) |
| GIJOE | "___: The Rise of Cobra" (2009 action film): 2 wds. |
| RISE | Action movie, GI Joe: The ___ of Cobra |
| CHANNINGTATUM | US film actor who starred in the GI Joe movies and The Vow (8, 5) |
| COBRA | "G.I. Joe: The Rise of ___"; 2009 film |
| ELVIS | Singer-actor who starred in the films GI Blues and Blue Hawaii (5,7) |
| ACTIONMAN | Toy figure launched in Britain in 1966 as a copy of Hasbro's GI Joe (6,3) |
| BARTY | Ashleigh, Australian tennis player who defeated Karolina Pliskova in the 2021 Wimbledon women's singles final (5) |
| RIDLEYSCOTT | Director of the 1997 US war film GI Jane (6,5) |
| IOTA | Even characters in the GI Joe team get a very small amount (4) |
