| MARTINBRODY | Police Chief of Amity Island in the films Jaws (1975) and Jaws 2 (1979), played by Roy Scheider (6,5) |
| ROY | "Jaws" (1975) and "Jaws 2" (1978) star Scheider |
| BRODY | Martin, police chief played by Roy Scheider in Jaws and Jaws 2 (5) |
| SHARKBAIT | Potentially any swimmer on Amity Island in a 1975 summer movie blockbuster: 2 wds. |
| CLARINET | What musical instrument does Steven Spielberg play on the soundtrack of his films Jaws and 1941? (8) |
| SHARK | Fish that featured in the film Jaws (5) |
| DOLLAR | Value of the coin by which Susan B. Anthony became the first woman depicted on U.S. currency on July 2, 1979 |
| ADRASTEA | First moon discovered by means of a spacecraft (Voyager 2, 1979) rather than a telescope, in the inner Jovian system (8) |
| AMITY | Fictional island which is the setting for the film Jaws (5) |
| SHAW | "Jaws" (1975) and "From Russia with Love" (1963) star Robert |
| REACTOR | Second note by Roy Scheider, say - one who responds (7) |
| SEQS | "Rocky II" (1979) and "Rocky III" (1982), e.g. |
| ROYSCHEIDER | Actor who played Police Chief Martin Brody in Jaws and Jaws 2 |
| SCHEIDER | Roy --------, played the police chief in 1975 Spielberg film Jaws (8) |
| AFRIEND | Proverb exploring the correlation of amity and necessity (1,6,2,4,2,1,6,6) |
| ISAFRIENDINDEED | Proverb exploring the correlation of amity and necessity (1,6,2,4,2,1,6,6) |
| INNEED | Proverb exploring the correlation of amity and necessity (1,6,2,4,2,1,6,6) |
| GREATWHITE | Powerful, predatory species of shark on which the one in the 1975 film Jaws was based (5,5) |
| QUINT | Professional shark hunter played by Robert Shaw in the 1975 film Jaws (5) |
| ORCA | Name of the shark-fishing vessel in the 1975 thriller film Jaws (4) |