| GIAMATTI | US actor of Billions, Paul - (8) |
| BERKELEY | US actor of 24 and The Walking Dead, Xander - (8) |
| MILKYWAY | Luminous band of billions of stars (5,3) |
| DANO | US actor of Looper, Prisoners and Okja, Paul - (4) |
| KOBER | US actor of The Walking Dead and Sons of Anarchy, Jeff - (5) |
| ALANARKIN | US actor of Argo and Little Miss Sunshine (4,5) |
| GYLLENHALL | US actor of Nightcrawler, Nocturnal Animals and Everest, Jake - (10) |
| CHO | John _, US actor of film and TV (3) |
| RIBISI | US actor of Avatar and Sneaky Pete, Giovanni - (6) |
| TUCCI | US actor of Spotlight and Easy A, Stanley - (5) |
| CHRISCOOPER | US actor of American Beauty and Adaptation (5,6) |
| CHRISTOPHERGORHAM | US actor of Ugly Betty and Jake 2.0 (11,6) |
| GALAXY | From the Greek meaning 'milk',a gravitationally bound system of billions of stars, grouped into one of four types by Edwin Hubble (6) |
| PEZ | Producer of billions of "bricks" annually |
| DAMIAN | Actor - Lewis of "Billions" |
| ASIA | Actor ___ Kate Dillon of 'Billions' |
| LEGO | Maker of billions of bricks each year |
| BROODXIIICICADA | One of billions of invaders this past summer |
| EONS | Periods of billions of years |
| BERNIEMADOFF | Con man now in prison for defrauding investors of billions of dollars: 2 wds. |