| NOWRA | Who wrote the screenplay for the film Radiance (1993), directed by Rachel Perkins? (5) |
| RADIANCE | 1998 Australian independent film directed by Rachel Perkins (8) |
| ALAINROBBEGRILLET | Novelist who wrote the screenplay for the film L'Annee Derniere a Marienbad |
| FELLOWES | Author of Snobs who wrote the screenplay for the film Gosford Park and created Downton Abbey (8) |
| NUEDAE | 2009 Rachel Perkins film, Bran - - (3,3) |
| ENSUE | Result of regularly-taken beans on Perkins? (5) |
| THEBLUEDAHLIA | Raymond Chandler's first original screenplay, for the film that marked the third pairing of Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake |
| SUEDESHOES | What blue items feature in a song written by Carl Perkins? (5,5) |
| AARON | Sorkin who wrote the screenplay for the upcoming film "Steve Jobs" |
| MAMET | David who wrote the screenplay for "The Verdict" |
| HECHT | Ben, author of the screenplay for the Alfred Hitchcock film Spellbound (5) |
| BRAGG | Surname of Lord Melvyn, who wrote the screenplay for Isadora (5) |
| ERICA | Schmidt who wrote the screenplay for 2021's "Cyrano" (and who is married to its star, Peter Dinklage) |
| ROALD | Award-winning author of children's fiction who wrote the screenplay for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, ... |
| FOOTE | Horton who wrote the screenplay for "Tender Mercies" |
| DURAS | Who wrote the screenplay for Resnais' Hiroshima mon amour (1959) |
| SORKIN | Aaron, playwright who wrote the screenplay for the 2010 film The Social Network (6) |
| PINTER | Harold ****** , playwright who wrote the screenplay for the 1963 film 'The Servant' (6) |
| IRENE | - Adler; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle character portrayed by Rachel McAdams in the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes (5) |
| ADLER | Irene -; character portrayed by Rachel McAdams in the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes and its 2011 sequel (5) |
