| HATEFUL | Quentin Tarantino Western movie, The ___ Eight (7) |
| EIGHT | Quentin Tarantino Western movie, The Hateful ___ (5) |
| OCTOPUS | Paul the ___ eight-limbed mollusk famous for correctly predicting the results during the 2010 FIFA World Cup |
| SPRINGS | Hampton ___: eight lakes venue in Cheshire (7) |
| TENNINE | New Year's Eve countdown opener: "___, ___, eight..." |
| UNCHAINED | Quentin Tarantino Western with Jamie Foxx, Django ... (9) |
| DJANGOUNCHAINED | 2012 Quentin Tarantino western |
| THEHATEFULEIGHT | 2015 Quentin Tarantino western |
| CHIEFDANGEORGE | Actor from the Tsleil-Waututh Nation in British Columbia who starred in 1976 Western movie "The Outlaw Josey Wales": 3 wds. |
| ZAZIEBEETZ | Atlanta actress who plays Stagecoach Mary in the western movie The Harder They Fall on Netflix: 2 wds. |
| SEVEN | Western movie The Magnificent - starred Denzel Washington (5) |
| WARDROBE | The Lion, The Witch and The ___ (8) |
| HEBRIDES | Archipelago off the west coast of the Scottish mainland, The _ (8) |
| UNIVERSE | "The Restaurant at the End of the ___" (8) |
| DJANGO | Tarantino Western "___ Unchained" |
| OGIER | Sebastien ___, eight-times winner of the World Rally Championship (5) |
| APOSTLES | Some of the 'Cambridge spies' were members of the university's secret society, formed in 1820 (with 12 members), The ___ (8) |
| PENTAGON | Headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense, The _ (8) |
| PENDULUM | Poe's "The Pit and the ___" (8) |
| GRADUATE | Classic movie starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft, The _ (8) |
