| BENICIO | Star of The Phoenician Scheme, - del Toro (7) |
| CERA | Michael of "The Phoenician Scheme" |
| MIA | Threapleton of "The Phoenician Scheme" |
| JEZEBEL | Wife of King Ahab of Israel and daughter of the Phoenician king Ethbaal (1 Kings 16:2931) (7) |
| ANDERSON | Director whose newest film, "The Phoenician Scheme," stars Benicio del Toro |
| TORO | "The Phoenician Scheme" star Benicio del ___ |
| WES | Director Anderson with the upcoming movie "The Phoenician Scheme" |
| UPSILON | 20th letter of the Greek alphabet, derived from the Phoenician letter vav, or waw ('hook') (7) |
| OMICRON | Fifteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, derived from the Phoenician letter ayin ('eye') (7) |
| ASTARTE | The Phoenician goddess of love (7) |
| NUN | Sister Liesl in The Phoenician Scheme, e.g. |
| ALEPH | First letter of the Phoenician and of the Hebrew alphabet (5) |
| DIDO | The legendary founder and first queen of the Phoenician city-state of Carthage (4) |
| ISHTAR | Chief goddess of the Babylonians and Assyrians, counterpart of the Phoenician Astarte (6) |
| BETH | Second letter of the Phoenician alphabet (4) |
| BAAL | Chief male deity of the Phoenician and Canaanite nations (4) |
| SIGMA | Eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, derived from the Phoenician letter shin (5) |
| KAPPA | Tenth letter of the Greek alphabet, derived from the Phoenician letter kaph (5) |
| THETA | Eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, derived from the Phoenician letter teth (5) |
| LAMBDA | Eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet, derived from the Phoenician letter lamed (6) |
