| CARON | Leslie ?, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for The L-Shaped Room (5) |
| HOWARD | Leslie ?, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Pygmalion |
| LYNNE | Author of the novels The Indian in the Cupboard and The L-Shaped Room (5,4,5) |
| REIDBANKS | Author of the novels The Indian in the Cupboard and The L-Shaped Room (5,4,5) |
| LYNNEREIDBANKS | Writer of the 1960 novel, The L-Shaped Room (5,4,5) |
| SALVE | Except for the L in "balm" (5) |
| LESLIECARON | French-born actress and dancer whose films include The L-shaped Room (6,5) |
| ARENA | Staples Center, for the L. A. Sparks |
| ALLAN | _ key, an L-shaped tool with a hexagonal cross section, used to turn a screw with a hexagonal recess in the head (5) |
| ATTIC | Oddly shaped room, often |
| ALLEN | L-shaped tool without which the process of assembling flat-pack furniture becomes impossible rather than merely infuriating, the ... key (5) |
| BRICUSSE | Leslie ?, winner of a Best Music, Original Song Oscar for Talk to the Animals from Doctor Dolittle (8) |
| ANGLE | Original Englishman's club is L-shaped (5,4) |
| VOWEL | Promise an L-shaped letter (5) |
| SOFAS | Living rooms and lounges might have L-shaped ones |
| MOTEL | Lodging that may be L-shaped |
| NIELSEN | Leslie ?, actor who played the title role in 1997 film comedy Mr Magoo (7) |
| MANN | Leslie ?, actress whose roles have included Robin Harris in 1996 film comedy The Cable Guy |
| ROOM | 'The L-Shaped ---', novel by Lynne Reid Banks (4) |
| BIBB | Leslie ?, actress whose roles include Christine Everhart in 2008 action film Iron Man (4) |
