| MACGUFFIN | Object that drives the plot of a film, but whose actual identity doesn't matter |
| EXCERPT | Only part of a film but about right (7) |
| MIKEMYERS | Actual identity of "Tommy Maitland," host of ABC's "The Gong Show" reboot: 2 wds. |
| TRANSGENDERED | Relating to a person whose identity doesn't correspond to the one assigned to them at birth (13) |
| OSCAR | Statuette whose actual name is "Academy Award of Merit" |
| MCGUFFIN | Hitchcock's film device that drives the action |
| AUTO | Industry that drives the economy? |
| PEDALS | Foot-operated levers, such as that drive the bicycle chain wheel (6) |
| TREATS | Special delights that drive the taster wild (6) |
| OUTTAKE | Scene recorded for a film but not included in the final version (7) |
| SCREENED | Made into a film but not shown (8) |
| ACTION | The collective events forming the plot of a drama, film, play or story; the mechanism of a piano or a watch; or, any deed, gesture or thing done (6) |
| SPOILERS | Information about the plot of a film or book which may ruin a person's enjoyment of it (8) |
| SCENARIO | An outline or synopsis of the plot of a dramatic or literary work such as a film, novel or play; or, a postulated sequence of possible developments or events (8) |
| SYNOPSIS | A summary of the plot of a book, film or play; or, a general view (8) |
| SPOILER | Information which may ruin the plot of a film you haven't yet watched (7) |
| TWIST | Unexpected turn in the plot of a film, eg (5) |
| FANBELT | Belt driven by the crankshaft that drives a fan that pulls air through the radiator (7) |
| LANCEARMSTRONG | Seven-time American champion of the Tour de France who most recently won in 2005 ... but whose title |
| ARC | A curved line or the plot of a story (3) |
