| TOHELEN | Poem by Edgar Allan Poe recited by Tom Hanks in the 2004 Coen Brothers film The Ladykillers |
| MANWHO | Coen brothers film, "The ___ Wasn't There" |
| ADAYAT | Marx Brothers film '- The Races' (1,3,2) |
| THERAVEN | Narrative poem by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the New York Evening Mirror in 1845 (3,5) |
| WOODY | Character voiced by Tom Hanks in the Toy Story film series (1995-2019) |
| RAVEN | Bird in the title of an 1845 poem by Edgar Allan Poe (5) |
| ANNABELLEE | The last complete poem by Edgar Allan Poe, published shortly after his death in 1849 |
| ANNABEL | ___ Lee , lyric poem by Edgar Allan Poe published two days after his death in 1849 |
| WAYANS | Marlon ?, actor and comedian who played Gawain MacSam in 2004 film The Ladykillers |
| CONQUERORWORM | Poem by Edgar Allan Poe, with "The" |
| BELLS | The ___, poem by Edgar Allan Poe (5) |
| REDROSE | Flower compared to love in a poem by Robert Burns that was recited by the Prince of Wales in a BBC Scotland audio project (3,4) |
| COUNT | The act of calculating/reckoning; the sum reached; the numbers recited by a referee in a boxing ring during a KO; or, a charge in an indictment (5) |
| GUMP | 1994 comedy-drama film starring Tom Hanks in the title role (7,4) |
| FORREST | 1994 comedy-drama film starring Tom Hanks in the title role (7,4) |
| KATHLEEN | ___ and Joe iconic couple played by Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks in the movie You've Got Mail |
| FORRESTGUMP | 1994 Robert Zemeckis film starring Tom Hanks in the title role (7,4) |
| LOM | Herbert, actor who played Louis in 1955 film The Ladykillers (3) |
| EALINGSTUDIOS | Film complex where The Lavender Hill Mob and The Ladykillers were filmed in the 1950s (6,7) |
| TURNER | Scott ___, eponymous police investigator played by Tom Hanks in a 1989 film (6) |
