| BOULLE | Pierre -, author of novels The Bridge over the River Kwai and Planet of the Apes (6) |
| 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) |
| ARNOLD | Sir Malcolm -, composer (Bridge over the River Kwai) |
| MILLAU | Bridge over the River Tarn designed by Michel Virlogeux and Norman Foster (6,7) |
| SPANKS | Smacks the bridges over the last brook (6) |
| BRUNEL | Civil engineer commemorated on his Royal Albert bridge over the River Tamar |
| URANUS | Posh artist taken with return of star and planet (6) |
| CHARLTONHESTON | Hollywood actor who starred in many films including "Ben-Hur" and "Planet of the Apes", and who also visited Deia, Mallorca in the 1960s (8,6) |
| 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) |
| GALAXY | Group of billions of stars and planets (6) |
| ORRERY | Clockwork model of the sun and planets (6) |
| 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) |
| TOWERBRIDGE | Possibly one of the most recognised bridges in the world, which bridge over the River Thames was designed by the City of London architect, Horace Jones, and John Wolfe Barry? (5,6) |
| COSMOS | All the stars and planets (6) |
| TIM | Director ___ Burton of Alice in Wonderland and Planet of the Apes |
| IVOANDRIC | Author of 1945 novel The Bridge on the Drina; 1961 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (3,6) |
| SYSTEM | Solar ___; Sun and planets |
| KWAI | "The Bridge over the River __" |
