| WOODED | Sweet-talk director and writer of Sylvan (6) |
| SATYR | ___ play (ribald genre of Greek drama with a chorus of sylvan creatures) |
| GODARD | Jean-Luc ---, French film director and writer associated with the New Wave of the 1960s (6) |
| APATOW | Judd ------, US comedian, director and writer (6) |
| LUCAS | George ___, director and writer of 1977 action film Star Wars (5) |
| TARANTINO | Quentin ___ director and writer of Pulp Fiction |
| BRADBIRD | Director and writer of 2018 animated film Incredibles 2 |
| BRONTE | Charlotte -; the eldest of three literary sisters and writer of the novels Jane Eyre, Shirley and Villette under the pen name Currer Bell (6) |
| GREENE | Graham _, dramatist and writer of The Power and the Glory (6) |
| BUNYAN | John -, English preacher and writer of The Pilgrim's Progress (6) |
| SARTRE | Jean-Paul ___. French philosopher and writer of "Roads to Freedom" trilogy (6) |
| COWPER | William ___, English poet (1731-1800) and writer of hymns including God Moves in a Mysterious Way, which coined the titular proverb (6) |
| FARRELLY | Peter ?, film director and author of 1998 novel The Comedy Writer (8) |
| FOREST | Foster strange sylvan setting (6) |
| RUSTLE | A sylvan sound could be the result (6) |
| DINGLE | Dialect word for a dell, small sylvan valley or wooded hollow (6) |
| GLADES | Open spaces in sylvan places |
| ALBERT | Sylvan Lake's province |
| VANDAL | A saboteur found in sylvan dalliances |
| CAMPION | Palme d'Or- and Academy Awardwinning director and writer noted for films including An Angel at My Table, The Piano and The Portrait of a Lady (7) |
