| ALANBALL | Oscar-winning "American Beauty" writer |
| ALANS | "American Beauty" author Ball et al. |
| JOHNWAYNE | Oscar-winning American actor nicknamed 'Duke' (4,5) |
| STREEP | Meryl - - -, multiple Oscar-winning American actress (6) |
| MAHERSHALA | ---------- Ali, Oscar-winning American actor (10) |
| FLASHDANCE | An Oscar-winning American romantic film (1983) |
| COPPOLA | Sofia _, Oscar-winning American filmmaker and screenwriter (7) |
| TARANTINO | Oscar-winning American filmmaker (9) |
| JEROMEROBBINS | Oscar-winning American choreographer and director who was codirector of 1961's West Side Story (6,7) |
| BRIELARSON | Stage name of Oscar-winning American actress Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers (4,6) |
| WAYNE | John - - -, Oscar-winning American actor who starred in many Western movies (5) |
| EMMA | Oscar-winning American actress ___ Stone, known for her role in La La Land. |
| EDWARDS | Blake ---, Oscar-winning American film director, screenwriter and producer whose movies include Breakfast At Tiffany's (7) |
| PATRICIANEAL | Oscar-winning American actress who was married to Roald Dahl from 1953-83 (8,4) |
| KEATS | "Beauty is truth, truth beauty" writer |
| SEWELL | 'Black Beauty' writer Anna |
| LORDBYRON | "She Walks in Beauty" writer |
| EWELL | Black Beauty writer needs no introduction in Surrey village |
| BYRON | "She Walks in Beauty" writer |
| ANNA | "Black Beauty" writer Sewell |
