| KRISTENSTEWART | Star of the 2019 political thriller film Seberg (7,7) |
| THEWALL | Pink Floyd album that's also a hot-button 2019 political issue |
| MVA | 2019 Political coalition under Uddav Thackeray (abbr.) |
| PAINTYOURWAGON | 1969 Western musical film starring Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood and Jean Seberg (5,4,5) |
| REALM | Defence of the _, 1986 Gabriel Byrne political thriller film (5) |
| STEWART | Kristen _ plays the title role in the political thriller, Seberg (7) |
| PRESIDENTSMEN | All the ___ 1976 political thriller film starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford which is about the Watergate scandal: 2 wds. |
| JACKAL | The ___ 1997 political thriller film starring Richard Gere and Bruce Willis |
| ESTATE | The Fifth, 2013 political thriller film starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange (6) |
| LEEHARVEYOSWALD | Character played by Gary Oldman in 1992 political thriller film JFK (3,6,6) |
| AWKWAFINA | Star of the 2019 film The Farewell, named Best Actress at the 2020 Golden Globes (9) |
| ANGELINAJOLIE | Star of the 2019 fantasy adventure film Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (8,5) |
| PATEL | Star of the 2019 thriller film Hotel Mumbai, Dev ----- (5) |
| MARKRUFFALO | Star of the 2019 legal thriller film Dark Waters (4,7) |
| WATSON | Emma ___, star of the 2019 film version of Little Women (6) |
| ABBOTT | Christopher _, star of the 2019 TV adaptation of the novel Catch-22 (6) |
| OCTAVIA | Star of the 2019 psychological horror film Ma (7,7) |
| SPENSER | Star of the 2019 psychological horror film Ma (7,7) |
| DEMI | And 28 Star of the 2019 comedy horror film Corporate Animals (4,5) |
| MOORE | Star of the 2019 comedy horror film Corporate Animals (4,5) |
