| JOAQUIN | With 40-Down, Oscar-nominated player of 17-Across |
| ALPACINO | Oscar-nominated player of Sonny Wortzik |
| JENNIFER | With 2-Down, Oscar-nominated actress who's one of the two new stars on "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" |
| ALAN | With 26-Down, Oscar-nominated actor for "The Aviator" |
| DECKO | Knock down Oscar with a quick look |
| NICK | With 103 Down, Oscar nominee for 'Warrior' |
| EMMA | With 86 Down, Oscar winner for 'La La Land' |
| GENE | And 15 Down Oscar-winning star of the films The French Connection (1971) |
| WILL | With 47-Down, Oscar nominee for "Ali" |
| VIOLA | With 1-Down, Oscar-winning "Fences" actress |
| RICHARD | With 40-Down, source of the piece of advice |
| JAMES | And 3 Down Oscar-winning star of the 1940 romantic comedy The Philadelphia Story (5,7) |
| IMMIGRANT | With 40 Down, Led Zeppelin classic with the lyric 'On we sweep with threshing oar / Our only goal will be the western shore' |
| ONEL | With 40 Down, orthographically confusable priest in a poem by 50 Across |
| SANTA | With 40-Down, seat of Orange County, Calif. |
| ORONO | With 40-Down, Down East university town |
| DOWN | With 40-Down, how rain falls ... or a literal description of the answers to the four themed clues |
| NEST | With 40-Down, money saved |
| SARA | With 40 Down, a cake maker |
| HIS | With 40-Down, pompous fellow |
