| RICHARDGERE | Star of 1983 film An Officer and a Gentleman (7,4) |
| IAN | ___ McKellen, star of 1983 frightful flick "The Keep" |
| GERE | Star of 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman, Richard ---- (4) |
| TAYLORHACKFORD | Former president of the Directors Guild of America who directed the films An Officer and a Gentleman and Ray |
| HACKFORD | Taylor, director of the film An Officer and a Gentleman (8) |
| UPWHEREWEBELONG | Song by Jennifer Warnes and Joe Cocker that is in the soundtrack to the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman (2,5,2,6) |
| DEBRA | ***** Winger, actress who starred in the 1982 film 'An Officer and a Gentleman' (5) |
| DEBRAWINGER | American actress whose films include An Officer and a Gentleman, Terms of Endearment and Shadowlands |
| WINGER | Debra ___, star of An Officer and a Gentleman (6) |
| RICHARD | ___ Gere, star of An Officer and a Gentleman (7) |
| ULTIMATE | An officer and a gentleman? I've got a friend at last (8) |
| GOSSETT | He got an Oscar for "An Officer and a Gentleman" |
| LOU | Gossett of "An Officer and a Gentleman" |
| GOSSETTJR | Louis, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for An Officer and a Gentleman (7,2) |
| ZACK | Richard's role in "An Officer and a Gentleman" |
| EMIL | Sergeant Foley's first name in "An Officer and a Gentleman" |
| DRILLINSTRUCTOR | Lou Gossett Jr. played one in "An Officer and a Gentleman" |
| TURNER | Depicted by Timothy Spall in a film, an artist noted for his rendering of atmosphere through treatment of light and colour in more than 2,000 paintings (6) |
| MIMIME | Alluding to a character in an Austin Powers film, an informal term for a smaller but otherwise identical version of another person (4-2) |
| GENEKELLY | A star of the film An American in Paris (1951) |
