| ALMODOVAR | Spanish director Pedro ____'s first film to gain international attention was Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown |
| MADRID | Spanish setting for "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" |
| BJORK | Icelandic singer/songwriter who came to international attention with the Sugarcubes (5) |
| LOCKERBIE | Town in Dumfries and Galloway that came to international attention in December 1988 when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded above it (9) |
| TAXI | Perhaps capital gains international transport |
| GUARDIANS | ___ Of The Galaxy, first film to feature the gang of misfits of the title, with the voice of 14A as Groot (9) |
| TITANIC | The first film to make over a billion dollars; it is based on the sinking of a ship after it struck an iceberg |
| PROMISEDLAND | 1987 film starring Kiefer Sutherland and Meg Ryan that was the first film to be commissioned by the Sundance Film Festival |
| ELTON | Ben ____'s first TV success was as a co-writer of The Young Ones |
| CAPRA | Director of the first film to win all five top Oscars (Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay) |
| LEMON | Car on the verge of a breakdown |
| LOSINGIT | On the verge of a meltdown |
| SKITOW | It might bring you to the verge of a steep decline |
| LEMONS | They may be on the verge of a breakdown |
| SHANE | This classic western was the first film to be projected in a flat widescreen format by Paramount Pic |
| NIGHT | It Happened One ___ (1934) was the first film to win Oscars in the five major categories (5) |
| IWERKS | Ub, cartoon director and animator of the first film to star Mickey Mouse (6) |
| RBG | The Notorious ___ (nickname of the U.S. Supreme Court justice who said "People ask me sometimes...when will there be enough women on the court? And my answer is when there are nine.") |
| VERGE | "Women on the ___ of a Nervous Breakdown" (Pedro Almodovar film) |
| LUIS | Avant-garde Spanish director Oscar-nominated for The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1973) and That Obscure Object of Desire (1978) (4,6) |
