| FREARS | Stephen, English film director whose films include The Queen and Philomena (6) |
| STEPHENFREARS | English film director and producer whose work includes the films The Queen and Philomena (7,6) |
| CAROLREED | Knighted English film director whose works include The Third Man (5,4) |
| DENCH | Oscar nominee for "Iris" and "Philomena" |
| BROOKS | Mel ---, US comedy writer, actor and film director whose movies include The Producers and Blazing Saddles (6) |
| ALTERS | Varies the last letters to include the Queen (6) |
| HODGES | Mike, English film director who made the 1971 gangster film Get Carter (6) |
| HUMERI | Bones having nasty smell, some say - and I include the Queen |
| MCGANN | Stephen, English actor who plays Doctor Patrick Turner in TV series Call the Midwife (6) |
| JARMAN | Derek --, English film director (1942-94) (6) |
| COOGAN | Philomena actor, Steve ... (6) |
| WALTERLANG | American film director whose films include The King and I and State Fair (6,4) |
| BRENDAN | Irish actor and film director whose films include In Bruges, The Guard and The Banshees of Inisherin (7,7) |
| GLEESON | Irish actor and film director whose films include In Bruges, The Guard and The Banshees of Inisherin (7,7) |
| ANDERSON | US film director whose films include The Royal Tenenbaums and The Grand Budapest Hotel (8) |
| FRANCISFORDCOPPOLA | US film director whose films include The Godfather and Apocalypse Now (7,4,7) |
| LIMAN | Doug, US film director whose films include The Bourne Identity and Mr & Mrs Smith (5) |
| GWPABST | Austrian film director whose films include The Joyless Street and Pandora's Box |
| ASHBY | Hal ___, American film director whose films include Harold and Maude, Shampoo, Coming Home and Being There |
| FOY | Actress whose roles include the Queen in The Crown and the Duchess of Argyll in A Very British Scandal (3) |
