| MARILYNMONROE | The showgirl to Laurence Olivier's prince (7,6) |
| SMITH | Actress who played Desdemona to Laurence Olivier's Othello and more recently starred in the Harry Po |
| JOANPLOWRIGHT | English actress who was married to Laurence Olivier from 1961 to 1989 and died in 2025 aged 95 (4,9) |
| OLIVIER | One in musical - "The Prince and the Showgirl"? (7) |
| MONROE | "The Prince and the Showgirl" co-star, 1957 |
| SYBIL | Dame ___ Thorndike, eminent actress in The Prince and the Showgirl (5) |
| LOLA | The showgirl's name in the Barry Manilow song Copacabana |
| PRINCE | The ___ and the Showgirl 1957 film for which Marilyn Monroe was nominated for a BAFTA |
| THEPRINCE | Marilyn Monroe rom-com, ... and the Showgirl (3,6) |
| SIR | Laurence Oliviers title |
| LEIGH | Laurence Olivier's second wife, Vivien ___ |
| DIPLOMA | Drop Laurence Olivier's initials onto graduate certificate (7) |
| LEAR | Laurence Olivier's middle name (4) |
| OPHELIA | Part played by Jean Simmons in Laurence Olivier's 1948 adaptation of Hamlet (7) |
| JEANSIMMONS | English actress who played Estella in David Lean's Great Expectations and Ophelia in Laurence Olivier's Hamlet |
| LOMOND | Opening characters in Laurence Olivier's classic Hamlet, Lear, Othello, Macbeth offer new dialogue for Runrig's signature work (4,6) |
| LOCH | Opening characters in Laurence Olivier's classic Hamlet, Lear, Othello, Macbeth offer new dialogue for Runrig's signature work (4,6) |
| LARDER | Heard it read back to Laurence close to the kitchen (6) |
| CERULEAN | Color of the sky that anagrams to "Laurence" |
| IRENEJACOB | She was Desdemona to Laurence Fishburne's Othello |
