| TOMHANKS | U.S. actor who played the lead role of the heroic airline pilot in the 2016 film Sully (3,5) |
| EASTWOOD | Clint _, director of the film Sully (8) |
| ETA | Airline pilot's in-flight announcement: Abbr. |
| CLOUDYMEMORIES | All the airline pilot had of his many career flights? |
| TAKINGOFF | Airline pilot: "Business is ___" |
| JETSETTER | Service animal for an airline pilot? |
| EDHARRIS | He played the lead role of Ludwig in the 2006 film, Copying Beethoven (2,6) |
| FANTASIA | ___ Barrino (former "American Idol" champ who plays the lead role of Celie in the movie) |
| ELDIABLO | Alter ego of DC Comics character Chato Santana, played by Jay Hernandez in the 2016 film Suicide Squad |
| DENNISON | New Zealand teenager who starred in the 2016 film Hunt for the Wilderpeople (8) |
| REDBARON | What was the nickname of Manfred von Richthofen. a German pilot in the First World War? (3.5) |
| TUNELESS | “The heroic lay is ____ now — / The heroic bosom beats no more!” (Byron, in Don Juan) |
| THOMAS | US actor who played the lead role of Elliott Taylor in 1982's E.T. the ExtraTerrestrial (5,6) |
| DEVPATEL | Star of the 2016 film "Lion" |
| AMYADAMS | Star of the 2016 film Arrival (3,5) |
| LEONARDO | _ DiCaprio, Oscar-winner for the 2016 film The Revenant (8) |
| MORGANA | First name of Ms Robinson. the comedy impressionist who played the lead roles of Carla in Stuck and Maxine in Newark, Newark (7) |
| POPE | Poet, Kit-Cat, Scriblerian, master of the heroic couplet and celebrator of the goddess Dulness in The Dunciad, whose villa in Twickenham, as seen in a painting by Turner, was demolished, leaving only |
| JONES | Toby, English actor who played Captain Mainwaring in the 2016 film of Dad's Army (5) |
| NIGHY | Bill, actor who played Sgt. Wilson in the 2016 film remake of Dad's Army (5) |
