| GWYNETHPALTROW | Starred as Viola de Lesseps in 1999 movie Shakespeare in Love (7,7) |
| SHER | Antony ----, late actor who played Dr Moth in1999 Oscar-winning movie, Shakespeare in Love (4) |
| BOWED | Bent over, as Viola might be? |
| NEO | Central character played by Keanu Reeves in 1999 movie The Matrix (3) |
| EDWARD | ------ Norton, actor in 1999 movie Fight Club (6) |
| PANAMACANAL | Waterway begun by Ferdinand de Lesseps in 1881 (6,5) |
| SUEZCANAL | Waterway with no locks, constructed by de Lesseps in the 1850-60s which links the Mediterranean with the Red Sea |
| LOVE | Featured star's movie, "Shakespeare in -" |
| VIOLA | __ De Lesseps, character played by Gwyneth Paltrow in Shakespeare in Love (5) |
| VIRGINSUICIDES | 1999 movie with soundtrack by Air (with "The") |
| SUEZ | Which great canal, completed in 1869, was built by the French engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps, but acquired by the British six years later? (4) |
| ZEUS | A god of the Greeks, he upset de Lesseps' greatest achievement (4) |
| NYC | Real Housewives setting for Luann de Lesseps: Abbr. |
| LUANN | De Lesseps of "The Real Housewives of New York City" |
| CABARET | "Life is a _" for Luann de Lesseps |
| IDEAL | Cate Blanchett starred in the 1999 movie of Oscar Wilde's An ... Husband |
| LAUREN | Hollywood screen icon whose many film roles included a few alongside her husband Humphrey Bogart, and who was in Mallorca during the making of the 1999 movie 'Presence of Mind" which also starred Harv |
| BACALL | Hollywood screen icon whose many film roles included a few alongside her husband Humphrey Bogart, and who was in Mallorca during the making of the 1999 movie 'Presence of Mind" which also starred Harv |
| THESTORYOFUS | 1999 movie featuring Michelle Pfeiffer as a crossword puzzle writer |
| ELMO | "The Adventures of ___ in Grouchland" (1999 movie starring Muppets) |
