| CLEADUVALL | US actress who played Cora Lijek in 2012 film drama Argo (4,6) |
| MCGOVERN | Elizabeth ___ actress who played Cora Crawley Countess of Grantham in the Emmy-winning series Downton Abbey |
| LANA | She played Cora in "The Postman Always Rings Twice" |
| COSMOPOLIS | 2012 film drama starring Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche |
| KNIFEFIGHT | 2012 film drama starring Rob Lowe and Julie Bowen |
| ATANYPRICE | 2012 film drama starring Dennis Quaid and Zac Efron |
| LABEOUF | Shia ___, actor who starred as Jack Bondurant in 2012 film drama Lawless (7) |
| ARKIN | Alan, actor who played film producer Lester Siegel in 2012 film Argo (5) |
| ALICEEVE | Actress who played the young Agent O in 2012 film Men In Black 3 (5,3) |
| MARION | ____ Cotillard, actress who played Miranda Tate in 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises (6) |
| MIRREN | Helen, actress who played Alma Reville in 2012 film Hitchcock (6) |
| TOURNAMENT | In her third book, Cora fingers the culprit at this type of crossword event |
| AUTOCRATIC | Una initially, then Cora, stewing in loft for being bossy (10) |
| MILAKUNIS | Actor who played Lori Collins in 2012 film Ted and voices Meg Griffin in animated series Family Guy (4,5) |
| TATUM | Channing ___, actor who played the title role in 2012 film Magic Mike (5) |
| REBEL | Australian actress in 2012 film Pitch Perfect, ----- Wilson (5) |
| RAYWINSTONE | Actor who plays Jack Regan in 2012 film The Sweeney (3,8) |
| IANNA | 2012 film drama starring Charlotte Rampling in the title role (5) |
| ANNAKARENINA | 2012 film drama starring Keira Knightley in the title role |
| NIP | 2012 film drama starring Matthew McConaughey in the title role (3) |
