| JANELAPOTAIRE | Late English actress who won a Tony Award in 1981 for the play Piaf (4,9) |
| GHOSTTOWN | No 1 in 1981 for the Specials (5,4) |
| MCCRORY | Helen, late English actress who played the matriarch Aunt Polly in Peaky Blinders (7) |
| ROLLIEFINGERS | Brewers pitcher who won the American League MVP award in 1981: 2 wds. |
| SALMANRUSHDIE | Author who won the Man Booker Prize in 1981 for Midnight's Children: 2 wds. |
| BLISS | Novel by Peter Carey that won the Miles Franklin award in 1981 |
| PHANTOMS | Long-range, supersonic fighter bombers produced between 1958 and 1981 for the U.S. Navy (8) |
| BDAY | 9/4/1981, for the superstar of this puzzle |
| ARTHURKENNEDY | American actor who won a Tony award for Death of a Salesman in 1949 (6,7) |
| ALEXISSMITH | Penticton, british Columbia born actress who won a Tony Award in 1972 for her performance in the Ste |
| HELEN | Actress Mirren who won a Tony Award in 2015 |
| LANE | Film and theater actor Nathan who won a Tony Award in June |
| LIZA | Minnelli who won a Tony Award in 2009 |
| JUDITHLIGHT | Who's the Boss? actress who won a Tony Award for Other Desert Cities: 2 wds. |
| LADY | The Gingerbread ___ 1970 play by Neil Simon for which Maureen Stapleton won a Tony Award for Best Actress |
| PHYLICIARASHAD | First Black performer to win a Tony Award for Lead Actress in a Play for A Raisin in the Sun in 2004: 2 wds. |
| LEIGH | English actress who won an Academy Award as best actress for Gone in the Wind - Vivien _ (5) |
| ASHCROFT | Dame Peggy _, English actress who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Mrs Moore in A Passage To India (8) |
| EMMATHOMPSON | English actress who won a Best Actress Oscar for Howards End and a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for Sense and Sensibility |
| HUMMEL | The Basic Training of Pavlo ___ 1977 play starring Al Pacino for which he won a Tony Award for Best Actor |
