| PALMEDOR | Prize at Cannes Film Festival (5,3) |
| REQUIEM | Movie shown at Cannes Film Festival in 2000 which tells the story of a couple's descent into drug ad |
| DOR | Palme -- (prize at Cannes) |
| PALME | ___ d'Or (prize at Cannes) |
| MARRIAGE | "I've eaten caviar at Cannes, sausage rolls at the dogs. I've played baccarat at Biarritz and darts |
| THECHILD | Belgian film, Palme d'Or winner at Cannes in 2005 |
| MRTURNER | 2014 biopic for which Timothy Spall won Best Actor prize at the Cannes Film Festival (2,6) |
| NONSENSE | To say no at Cannes on sight is rubbish (8) |
| FESTIVAL | Movie gala (at Cannes?) (4,8) |
| STARFISH | Celebrity cast found lying on a beach at Cannes, for instance (8) |
| JEROBOAM | At Cannes, "I, Robot" cut short a monsieur's bottle of wine |
| HARRISON | Actor who won the honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes 2023 (8,4) |
| MATIDIOP | Director of "Atlantics," winner of the 2019 Grand Prix at Cannes |
| JULIETTE | Actress Binoche who will be one of the nine judges at Cannes; others include Jeremy Strong and Leila Slimani |
| ORESTEIA | Trilogy of Greek tragedies by Aeschylus won first prize at the Dionysia festival in 458 BC |
| PARKINGS | Most coveted prize at the Oscars? |
| HAWARDEN | Female bird accepts prize at Transport for Wales station (8) |
| AGUILERA | Christina, US singer-songwriter who won the Best New Artist prize at the Grammy Awards of 2000 (8) |
| STARTUPS | New businesses -- do they win prizes at agricultural shows? (5-3) |
| PRECIOUS | This drama had no distributor until winning three prizes at Sundance in 2009; it went on to be nominated for six Oscars |
