| ZHIVAGO | Title character of an epic historical film (and novel) set in Russia |
| BYATT | Author of the Booker Prize-winning romance Possession and novel set in Edwardian England The Children's Book (5) |
| THEWHITEGUARD | Mikhail Bulgakov's play and novel set in post-revolutionary Kyiv (3,5,5) |
| ALEXANDER | 2004 epic historical film starring Colin Farrell and Angelina Jolie (9) |
| ARABIA | 1962 epic historical film starring Peter O'Toole, Lawrence Of _ (6) |
| AMYDORRIT | Title character of an 1857 novel by Charles Dickens born and raised in the Marshalsea debtors' prison |
| REDS | 1981 epic historical film for which Warren Beatty won Best Director at the Oscars (4) |
| RAN | 1985 Akira Kurosawa epic historical film based on Shakespeare's King Lear (3) |
| BEOWULF | Legendary hero, the title character of an Old English epic poem in which he aided King Hrothgar (7) |
| SANDYDENNIS | Actress who costarred in a comedy with Jack Lemmon whose last name is the first name of the title character of an old sitcom |
| MRSMAISEL | Marvelous stand-up comic and title character of an Emmy-winning Amazon series: 2 wds. |
| GATSBY | Jay ____ , millionaire title character of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel (6) |
| ANASTASIA | Animated film set in Russia, featuring the voice of Meg Ryan in the title role (9) |
| CYRANO | ___ de Bergerac, large-nosed title character of an 1897 Edmond Rostand play (6) |
| FIDDLERONTHE | and 16ac, 1964 Broadway musical by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick set in Russia in 1905 |
| ALF | Title character of an '80s sitcom |
| AHSIN | Chinese title character of an 1877 play |
| STERLINGARCHER | *Title character of an animated spy sitcom |
| RIDLEY | Director of the upcoming epic historical drama film Napoleon, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby (6) |
| SCOTT | Director of the upcoming epic historical drama film Napoleon, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby (5) |
