| CHARLIEBROOKER | Screenwriter who created 125 Across |
| RODSERLING | American screenwriter who created The Twilight Zone (3,7) |
| KNIGHT | Steven, screenwriter who created Peaky Blinders (6) |
| FELLOWES | Julian, novelist and screenwriter who created the TV drama series Downton Abbey (8) |
| BLEASDALE | Alan ___ (b 1944), Liverpool screenwriter who created The Boys from the Blackstuff (9) |
| LYNDA | _ La Plante, author and screenwriter who created the TV drama Prime Suspect (5) |
| DOUGLASADAMS | Author, humorist and screenwriter who created The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy franchise (7,5) |
| STEPHENMOFFAT | Scottish screenwriter who worked on 'Doctor Who' (7,6) |
| RUSSELL | Screenwriter who revived Doctor Who, _ T. Davies (7) |
| CRICHTON | Michael _, author and screenwriter who wrote Jurassic Park (1993) |
| JOSSWHEDON | Director/producer/screenwriter who turns 60 today |
| IANMUNE | New Zealand actor and screenwriter who directed (3,4) |
| TRUMBO | Dalton _, American screenwriter who co-wrote Roman Holiday (1953) |
| EPHRON | Screenwriter who knew the identity of Deep Throat before it was made public |
| STALLONE | Sylvester ---, actor, filmmaker and screenwriter who starred in The Expendables (8) |
| THOMPSON | Emma -; actress and screenwriter who starred in Sense and Sensibility and Love Actually (8) |
| DALTONTRUMBO | American screenwriter who wrote Spartacus and co-wrote Roman Holiday (6,6) |
| SOFIACOPPOLA | Screenwriter who won a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for 2003's Lost in Translation: 2 wds. |
| EMERALDFENNELL | Screenwriter who won a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for 2020's Promising Young Woman: 2 wds. |
| CALLIEKHOURI | Screenwriter who won a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for 1991's Thelma & Louise: 2 wds. |
