| ABDALLA | Played Amir Qadiri in the film adaptation of The Kite Runner, Khalid - (7) |
| HOSSEINI | Afghan-American novelist, author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns |
| AMIR | Protagonist of "The Kite Runner" |
| BURROWS | Actress who starred in the film adaptation of Maeve Binchyas novel Circle of FriendsA with Chris ODo |
| BEALADY | Song performed by Marlon Brando in the film adaptation of Guys and Dolls, Luck ___ |
| MILVIAN | Roman bridge (of the kite?) takes motorway left by way of the north (7) |
| ROSALIE | 1937 MGM film adaptation of the 1928 stage musical of the same name, but with most of the Broadway score replaced with new songs by Cole Porter |
| WINTERS | 2014 film adaptation of the 1983 novel of the same name, - Tale (7) |
| ARTEMIS | Film adaptation of the book series by Eoin Colfer, - Fowl (7) |
| ELANETS | Birds of the kite family |
| ODESSA | Jon Voight starred in the film adaptation of the Frederick Forsyth thriller, The ... File |
| NOAHRINGER | Played the title role in the film adaptation of me Last Airbender (4,6) |
| ADMIRAL | Naval rank supposedly derived from the ancient Arabic term amir al-bahr (7) |
| SHEERAN | Ed _ collaborates with Khalid on the single Beautiful People (7) |
| KABUL | Home city that Amir flees from in The Kite Runner |
| LIZA | Minnelli who played Sally Bowles in the film adaptation of "Cabaret" |
| ORANGE | In orienteering, the colour code of the courses with medium navigational difficulty rating, or the colour with white of the kites/flags at the control points (6) |
| SNOOP | Rapper & record producer who stars in the film adaptation of Starsky & Hutch, ___ Dogg |
| CATS | Judi Dench stars as Old Deuteronomy in the film adaptation of this hit musical |
| ERIVO | Cynthia who plays Elphaba in the film adaptation of "Wicked" |
