| JANELLE | Monae, musician and star of the 209 historical film Harriet (7) |
| NICK | ___ Jonas, musician and star of both recent Jumanji films (4) |
| ERIVO | Cynthia, actress who played U.S. abolitionist Harriet Tubman in the 2019 biopic film Harriet (5) |
| PATRIOT | The ___, 2000 historical film drama starring Mel Gibson and the late Heath Ledger (7) |
| BOHRIUM | Chemical element 107, produced artificially by bombarding bismuth- 209 with nuclei of chromium- 54 (7) |
| MESSIAH | Daniel Kaluuya historical film, Judas and the Black ___ |
| ZHIVAGO | Title character of an epic historical film (and novel) set in Russia |
| AMADEUS | 1984 historical film which won eight Oscars, including Best Actor for F Murray Abraham (7) |
| LYRICAL | Poetic, semi-historical films from last year shown at the opening (7) |
| COLDWAR | 2010 Janelle Monae song of East versus West? (4,3) |
| NECKTIE | Janelle Monae accessory, sometimes |
| FLORENCE | _ Pugh, star of the 2022 historical film The Wonder (8) |
| GREY | Prime minister whose love affair with Georgiana, the 5th Duke of Devonshire's wife, is depicted in the historical film The Duchess (4) |
| ESSEX | 'The Private Lives of Elizabeth and ---', 1939 historical film (5) |
| MACKEY | Emma___; star of the 2022 historical film Emily (6) |
| QUEEN | Mary ___ Of Scots, historical film starring 8A in the title role (5) |
| ALAMO | 1960 historical film written and directed by John Wayne, with "The" |
| DIANA | Subject of the 2021 historical film "Spencer" |
| AGE | "The ___ of Pleasure" (2023 Janelle Monae album) |
| AFROFUTURISM | Forward-looking aesthetic of Janelle Monae and "Black Panther" |
