| BOULLE | Pierre ?, author of novels The Bridge over the River Kwai and Planet of the Apes |
| TIM | Director ___ Burton of Alice in Wonderland and Planet of the Apes |
| GUINNESS | Founder in 1759 of a brewery specialising in Irish dry stout; or, an actor who starred in The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia (8) |
| LEAN | Film director and producer whose films included Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia (4) |
| ESTAING | In which picturesque French village in the north of Aveyron is the bridge over the river Lot which forms part of a world heritage site? (7) |
| IVOANDRIC | Author of 1945 novel The Bridge on the Drina; 1961 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (3,6) |
| KWAI | "The Bridge over the River __" |
| ARNOLD | Sir Malcolm -, composer (Bridge over the River Kwai) |
| RIALTO | Island in Venice, Italy that is linked with San Marco Island by the ... Bridge over the Grand Canal (6) |
| WILDER | Thornton ___, author of 1927 novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey (6) |
| WATERLOO | Bridge over the River Thames named after a battle of 1815 (8) |
| MILLAU | Bridge over the River Tarn designed by Michel Virlogeux and Norman Foster (6,7) |
| VIADUCT | Bridge over the River Tarn designed by Michel Virlogeux and Norman Foster (6,7) |
| RIVERKWAI | The Bridge Over the - ___ ___: Best Picture Oscar for 1957 (5,4) |
| IDLE | Eric who said "I believe in the separation of church and planet" |
| PONTEVECCHIO | 14th-century bridge over the River Arno in Florence, Italy (5,7) |
| BRUNEL | Civil engineer commemorated on his Royal Albert bridge over the River Tamar |
| SPANKS | Smacks the bridges over the last brook (6) |
| TIBER | Horatius defended the bridge over this Roman river |
| NPR | Producer of the "Code Switch" and "Planet Money" podcasts |
