| BALOO | Mowgli's teacher in "The Jungle Book" |
| AKELA | Mowgli's friend in "The Jungle Book" |
| TAKETOONESBED | Retire due to ill health, maybe eventually like one’s teacher? |
| PILLS | Beth Harmon's weakness in "The Queen's Gambit" |
| FBI | Clarice Starling's employer in "The Silence of the Lambs," in brief |
| SWAN | Bird that's "a-swimming" in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" |
| TIME | Answer to Gollum's riddle in "The Hobbit" "This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers ..." |
| ELWES | Cary in "The Princess Bride" and "Saw" |
| HOE | Tool that makes the sound "scr-r-ritch, scratch, scratch, scritch" in "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" |
| DYSTOPIA | Gilead in "The Handmaid's Tale," for one |
| TIN | Woodman's makeup in "The Wizard of Oz" |
| MUFASA | Scar's brother in "The Lion King" |
| EAST | One wicked witch's home in "The Wizard of Oz" |
| TIPS | List in "The Idiot's Guide to ..." |
| SAURON | Dark Lord of Mordor, in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| RENE | Russo who played Natasha in "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle" |
| ARWEN | Daughter of Elrond in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| DUO | Bugs and Daffy in "The Iceman Ducketh," e.g. |
| ASTAIRE | Dancer Fred in "The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle" |
| WISDOM | Nynaeve's title in "The Wheel of Time" |
