| CARYGRANT | North by Northwest and Arsenic and Old Lace actor (4,5) |
| JAMESMASON | English actor whose films include A Star Is Born, North by Northwest and Lolita |
| GRANT | Cary ___, star of films North by Northwest and His Girl Friday (5) |
| AIRLINES | Northwest and Southwest, e.g. |
| THORNHILL | Character played by Cary Grant in North by Northwest (9) |
| CORNFIELD | Setting for an iconic "North by Northwest" sequence |
| RETICELLA | Lines for last two characters in mostly silent start of Arsenic and Old Lace |
| SPINSTERS | "Arsenic and Old Lace" aunts, e.g. |
| ELDERWINE | *Potent potable in "Arsenic and Old Lace" |
| TRIVALENT | Like some chromium and arsenic |
| BERNARDHERRMANN | Hitchcock's favorite composer, who scored "Psycho,""Vertigo," and "North by Northwest" |
| CARY | - Grant, film actor (North by Northwest) |
| PASSE | Antiquated old man, contrary to North by Northwest (5) |
| EVAMARIESAINT | American actress whose films include On the Waterfront and North by Northwest |
| DANES | Lead and arsenic combined by Homeland star (6,5) |
| CLAIRE | Lead and arsenic combined by Homeland star (6,5) |
| AUNTS | Abby and Martha, to Mortimer, in "Arsenic and Old Lace" |
| SCENARIO | Plot and background of Arsenic and Old Lace? (8) |
| LORRE | Actor Peter of "Arsenic and Old Lace" |
| ADDAMS | Charles ___, American cartoonist mentioned in his friend Alfred Hitchcock's film North by Northwest by Cary Grant |
