| SEPARATETABLES | Terence Rattigan play adapted for film with Rita Hayworth and David Niven |
| STILLLIFE | Noel Coward play adapted for film as Brief Encounter |
| GILDA | Film noir with Rita Hayworth in the title role (5) |
| TASTE | A ----- of Honey, film with Rita Tushingham (5) |
| ONTHETOWN | Bernstein musical adapted for film with Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra |
| MISERY | Stephen King novel adapted for film with Kathy Bates |
| IVORY | Director and screenwriter noted for films with Ismail Merchant and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, awarded an Oscar for his adaptation of Call Me by Your Name (5) |
| SCREENPLAYS | Scripts for films with acting and scene directions (11) |
| BAZLUHRMANN | Australian director of 19- and 33- Across who's known for films with pop music soundtracks: 2 wds. |
| IDEAL | An - Husband, Oscar Wilde play adapted for a 1999 film with Rupert Everett (5) |
| PAL | _ Joey, 1957 film musical directed by George Sidney starring Rita Hayworth and Frank Sinatra (3) |
| PALJOEY | George Sidney film starring Rita Hayworth and Frank Sinatra (3,4) |
| LOVESLABOURSLOST | Shakespeare play adapted for a 2000 film directed by Kenneth Branagh |
| SEPARATE | "... Tables" (Terence Rattigan play and film) |
| DUOLOGUE | Terence Rattigan play of 1976, surprisingly for one actor |
| STEPHENKING | American author whose works include the 1982 novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (7,4) |
| FUNERAL | Posthumous Joe Orton 1968 ITV play adapted for the stage in 1970 (7,5) |
| GAMES | Posthumous Joe Orton 1968 ITV play adapted for the stage in 1970 (5) |
| FLAREPATH | Runway lights to guide a pilot when landing - 1942 Terence Rattigan play (5,4) |
| BLUESEA | 1952 Terence Rattigan play (3,4,4,3) |
