| COCAINEBEAR | Recently-announced Elizabeth Banks thriller that the Guardian described as "the must-see and must-avoid movie of 2022" |
| TENET | Christopher Nolan thriller that The Guardian called "a palindromic dud" |
| THREE | Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks thriller, The Next ___ Days (5) |
| LEDGE | Ho hum 2012 Elizabeth Banks thriller, Man on a _____. |
| CATS | 2019 movie musical that The Guardian called a dreadful hairball of woe |
| GODS | Hit film out of Africa in the Eighties, The ... Must Be Crazy |
| EFFIE | ___ Trinket, character played by Elizabeth Banks in The Hunger Games and sequels (5) |
| THENEXTTHREE | And 10 2010 crime drama film starring Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks (3,4,5,4) |
| DAYS | see 6ac, 2010 crime drama film starring Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks |
| THREEDAYS | Thriller with Elizabeth Banks, The Next ... (5,4) |
| PITCHPERFECT | 2012 film with Elizabeth Banks as a cappella competition judge Gail Abernathy-McKadden: 2 wds. |
| HATCHIMALS | The must-have toys of Christmas 2016 |
| INRESERVE | Trendy book on the must-read-one-day list? |
| SHOW | The - Must Go On; single on Queen's album Innuendo (4) |
| BALSAMIC | Rich dark Italian vinegar traditionally made from the must of grapes matured in wooden barrels for at least twelve years (8) |
| NBC | Network that once advertised its prime-time block as "Must See TV" |
| THEHUNGERGAMES | 2012 film with Elizabeth Banks as chaperone Effie Trinket: 3 wds. |
| POWERRANGERS | 2017 film with Elizabeth Banks as archenemy Rita Repulsa: 2 wds. |
| MEETDAVE | 2008 film comedy starring Eddie Murphy and Elizabeth Banks (4,4) |
| THENEXTTHREEDAYS | 2010 crime drama film starring Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks |
