| DICAPRIO | Leonardo -; actor in films including Romeo + Juliet, Titanic, The Beach and The Revenant (8) |
| EXCERPT | Passage, not including Romeo's interjection (7) |
| REA | British rock and blues star whose hits include Auberge, On The Beach and The Road to Hell (5,3) |
| CHRIS | British rock and blues star whose hits include Auberge, On The Beach and The Road to Hell (5,3) |
| BATHERS | People on the beach and the pubs all round (7) |
| SEA | Setting in Titanic, The Abyss, or Avatar: The Way of Water |
| ICANTWAIT | With hint of asteism aboard hapless Titanic: "The suspense is killing me!" |
| WEYMOUTH | Seaside town on the southern tip of the Jurassic Coast near Chesil Beach and the Isle of Portland (8) |
| LUHRMANN | Baz _, directed The Great Gatsby, Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge (8) |
| NEILL | Actor in films including The Country Girls. The Piano, The Horse Whisperer and Blackbird who also played the part of Thomas Wolsey in The Tudors (5) |
| LEDGER | Heath -; actor in films including The Patriot, The Dark Knight and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (6) |
| FILMSTAR | Actor in movies |
| NIGHY | Actor in films including I Capture the Castle, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Scrabble drama Sometimes Always Never and The Bookshop (5) |
| IRONS | Jeremy -; actor in films including The French Lieutenant's Woman and The Misson who won an Oscar for his role in Reversal of Fortune (5) |
| CALLOW | Actor in films including Amadeus and A Room with a View who plays the Duke of Sandringham in the historical drama series Outlander (6) |
| FIENNES | Actor in films including Schindler's List, The English Patient, The Constant Gardener and Official Secrets (7) |
| MARTIN | Steve -; actor in films including Roxanne, Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Father of the Bride (6) |
| DAFOE | Actor in films including Platoon, The English Patient and The Lighthouse (5) |
| FARRELL | Ballykissangel actor in films including Alexander, In Bruges and Winter's Tale (7) |
| MILLS | Actor in films including Scott of the Antarctic and Ryan's Daughter (5) |
