| DERV | Oddly dreary lead character from Vin Diesel |
| ROBIN | Swashbuckling lead character from a 1938 film who leads a band of merry men (first name only) (5) |
| FAST | Action film series starring Vin Diesel, The ___ & the Furious (4) |
| FATE | Vin Diesel action movie, The ___ of the Furious (4) |
| FIND | Vin Diesel drama ___ Me Guilty |
| AMAN | "___ ___ Apart"; 2003 Vin Diesel film |
| TWIN | Scarlett Johansson, Rami Malek or Vin Diesel (did you know?) |
| BALD | Like Vin Diesel's head |
| PUFFADDER | Two commercials on oddly dreary, cold-blooded creature (4,5) |
| NODDER | She agrees retired academic's oddly dreary (6) |
| LIEDER | Mahler's songs perhaps make story oddly dreary |
| CHOWDER | Soup: food that's oddly dreary |
| LEANDER | Crawling lover, thin and oddly dreary |
| CHERRYADE | Revolutionary, oddly dreary drink (9) |
| RIDDICK | Character portrayed by Vin Diesel in four sci-fi films from 2000 to 2013 (7) |
| FATEOF | Vin Diesel action film, The... the Furious (4,2) |
| GROOT | Fictional character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe voiced by Vin Diesel (5) |
| TORETTO | Vin Diesel's Fast & Furious character, Dominic ___ (7) |
| FASTANDTHE | Street-racing thriller starring Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, The ... Furious (4,3,3) |
| THEFATE | Action film with Vin Diesel and Jason Statham, ___ of the Furious (3,4) |
