| ZARATHUSTRA | Richard Strauss musical piece used in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, Also Sprach ... |
| ETUDE | Short musical piece, used to develop a skill (5) |
| ACC | Kubrick's 2001 coauthor: inits. |
| HAL | Kubrick's "2001" mainframe |
| KIRKDOUGLAS | American actor who played the title role in Stanley Kubrick's 1960 film Spartacus (4,7) |
| SELLERS | Who played three roles in Stanley Kubrick's Dr Strangelove? (7) |
| MASON | James ___, Humbert in Stanley Kubrick's Lolita (5) |
| CLOCKWORK | Stanley Kubrick's classic 1971 dystopian crime film set in a futuristic Britain, A - Orange (9) |
| JACK | One of the pieces used in dibs; a male donkey or merlin; a boot pull; a bell-striker; or, a knave in cards (4) |
| KING | A crowned draughts piece: or, a chess piece used in castling (4) |
| RICHARDSTRAUSS | German composer whose works include Also sprach Zarathustra (7,7) |
| NIETZSCHE | Philosopher whose most renowned work is Also sprach Zarathustra (9) |
| ALSO | '___ Sprach Zarathustra' (theme from '2001: A Space Odyssey') |
| PAWN | Raise some money for a piece used in a board game |
| RUTLEDGE | Canadian singer/ songwriter Justin of 'The Devil on a bench in Stanley Park' |
| STRAUSS | "Also sprach Zarathustra" composer |
| DEODATO | "Also Sprach Zarathustra" hitmaker, 1973 |
| EYES | Stanley Kubrick's last film, released in 1999, ---- Wide Shut (4) |
| SPRACH | "Also ___ Zarathustra" (piece used in "2001") |
| CHEQUER | An old word for a chessboard; its pattern of alternating colours; or, one of the pieces used in draughts or in a game similar to halma (7) |
