| ALI | Mahershala _, portrayed a pianist in Green Book (3) |
| LESDAWSON | English comedian who, according to his autobiography, worked as a pianist in a Parisian brothel |
| SAM | Who is the resident pianist in Rick's Cafe Americain? (3) |
| SNL | Sketch-comedy show on which Bowen Yang has portrayed a spy balloon and a spotted lanternfly, for short |
| PPP | Extremely quietly, to a pianist |
| PIANO | Instrument played by Don Shirley in "Green Book" |
| ACTED | Portrayed a character in a movie |
| OPINION | The sentiment of a leading pianist in an onion |
| UTOPIA | Take little you to pianist in a perfect place (6) |
| SOLOIST | Pianist, in "Rhapsody in Blue" |
| GINGERANDROSA | In which 14-year-old Elle Fanning portrayed a British teenager (6,3,4) |
| ABHISHEK | This Actor portrayed a business tycoon in Guru (2007) and the cop Jai Dixit in the Dhoom series.(First Name) (8) |
| EDGAR | Leonardo Dicaprio portrayed a powerful FBI director in the biopic J _ (5) |
| CLOCKWORKMICE | In which Ian Hart portrayed a special needs teacher (1995) |
| ANYA | ____ Taylor-Joy, portrayed a chess prodigy in The Queen's Gambit (4) |
| RAVEL | In 1930, which French composer wrote Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand for a pianist who had lost a hand? (5) |
| KEYMAN | A pianist of importance? (3,3) |
| INSITU | Pianist in tour oddly forgetting where he's supposed to be? (2,4) |
| LIBERACE | Michael Douglas plays this flamboyant pianist in Behind the Candelabra |
| ADRIENBRODY | Winner of Best Actor Oscar for playing The Pianist in 2003 (6,5) |
