| MURPHYBITCHED | What happened, perhaps, after "Tower Heist" failed to be nominated for Best Picture? |
| WHATSUP | ["Give me 'The Academy' for $600"] This was only the second animated film to be nominated for Best Picture, after "Beauty and the Beast" |
| MINUTE | Little time to note what happened, perhaps (6) |
| TRASH | Rubbish remains after tower evacuated (5) |
| LINA | First woman to be nominated for Best Director ___ Wertmuller |
| KEEPS | Looks after towers (5) |
| PAMELA | ___ Anderson (She was at the luncheon, having been nominated for Best Actress in a Motion Picture -- Drama for "The Last Showgirl") |
| ADAMBRODY | He was at the dinner, having been nominated for Best Actor in a Television Series (Musical or Comedy) for "Nobody Wants This" |
| EVITA | Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber musical on the life of an Argentinian icon; Mid-Cheshire Musical Theatre Company's production (September 2019) has been nominated for best musical by the National Oper |
| NADINE | ___ Labaki, first female Arab director to be nominated for an Oscar for best foreign language film |
| EXORCIST | The ___ (1973) was the first horror film to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar |
| ASTARISBORN | First colour film to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar 1938, remade in 1954, 1976 and 2018 (1,4,2,4) |
| ETHELHS | The second African-American, after Hattie McDaniel, to be nominated for an Oscar |
| LAIDLAW | Greig - - - , the second Scot to be nominated for World Rugby Player of the year after Mike Blair (7) |
| LAURADERN | Half of the only mother/daughter duo to be nominated for acting Oscars for the same film |
| ANGELA | Bassett who was the first person to be nominated for an Oscar for acting in a Marvel movie |
| PLUMMER | Oldest person to be nominated for an acting Oscar, at age 88 (7) |
| DYAN | Cannon, the first woman to be nominated for Oscars both in front of and behind a camera (4) |
| STUART | MARY WHO WAS FIRST SHOWN PREGNANT ON DAYTIME AND FIRST TO BE NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY |
| DEBORAHKERR | First Scottish woman to be nominated for an Academy Award (7,4) |
