| UNFORGIVEN | The third western to win Best Picture at the Oscars, following Cimarron and Dances with Wolves |
| CIMARRON | First Western to win the Oscar for Best Picture, at the 1931 Academy Awards (8) |
| CODA | First streaming film to win Best Picture at the Oscars |
| NOMADLAND | This film, starring Frances McDormand, is the odds-on favourite to win Best Picture at this month's Academy Awards. (9) |
| JOHNBARRY | Composer who won both an Oscar and a Grammy for "Out of Africa" and "Dances With Wolves" |
| COSTNER | The Bodyguard and Dances With Wolves star, Kevin ___ |
| SHORTANDSWEET | Gratifyingly brief Western to dash out (5,3,5) |
| SEAN | Baker who won Best Original Screenplay, Best Directing, and Best Picture at the Oscars last night for 11-Across |
| EDNAFERBER | American author whose novels included Show Boat, Cimarron and Giant (4,6) |
| STICKUP | ___ ___ up! - phrase used in westerns to demand surrender (5,2) |
| STICKUM | ___ ___ up! - phrase used in westerns to demand surrender (5,2) |
| RAINMAN | It beat "Working Girl" and three other films to win Best Picture |
| CHICAGO | Only musical to win Best Picture since "Oliver!" in 1968 |
| PARASITE | First foreign-language film to win Best Picture |
| GIGI | Shortest-titled film to win Best Picture |
| ROCKY | First sports movie to win Best Picture |
| THEARTIST | First silent film to win Best Picture since "Wings" |
| REDS | "Chariots of Fire" upset it to win Best Picture of 1981 |
| REBECCA | Only Hitchcock film to win Best Picture |
| SPENCER | Tracy, the first to win Best Actor Oscars in consecutive years (7) |
