| STURGES | Preston -, director of the film comedies Unfaithfully Yours and The Lady Eve |
| PRESTON | Director of the films Hail the Conquering Hero and The Lady Eve (7,7) |
| WALLACE | King Kong co-creator who wrote detective and crime novels including the Four Just Men series, The Clue of the New Pin and The Lady of Ascot (7) |
| KEN | And 14 English director of film comedies The Fast Lady and Monte Carlo or Bust! (3,7) |
| KENANNAKIN | English director of film comedies The Fast Lady and Monte Carlo or Bust! |
| ANNAKIN | English director of film comedies The Fast Lady and Monte Carlo or Bust! (3,7) |
| CARLREINER | Director of film comedies The Man with Two Brains and The Jerk (4,6) |
| ASSANTE | Costar of the remake of "Unfaithfully Yours" |
| STARTLES | Alarms the leads in The Lady Eve surrounded by celebrities (8) |
| DARNELL | Linda ___, actress whose roles included Daphne De Carter in 1948 film comedy Unfaithfully Yours (7) |
| PRESTONSTURGES | "The Lady Eve" director |
| DOMINIC | ___ Cooper, very close friend of 13A who has co-starred with him in The History Boys, Starter For 10 and The Lady In The Van (7) |
| KEYSTONE | The Cops (or Kops) produced by Mack Sennett in a series of silent film comedies (8) |
| BAER | Max of "The Prizefighter and the Lady" |
| MAGGIESMITH | Downton Abbey and The Lady in the Van actress (6,5) |
| PEOPLE | You, me and the lady who runs the bakery |
| NEAGLE | Anna, star of Odette and The Lady With A Lamp (6) |
| BALFOUR | Lady Eve ___, organic farming pioneer, co-founder of Soil Association (7) |
| LIGHTHEARTEDLY | The girl and the lady tripping thus? |
| LANDES | "Hooten & the Lady" and "Final Destination 2" (2003) star Michael ___ |
