| LUCILLEBALL | Zany actress who starred with husband Desi Arnaz in her iconic comedy series (7,4) |
| SPONGE | Item used by Monet X Change in her iconic Drag on a Dime dress |
| EPILEPTIC | Extremely influential, breaking records, with bits of truly iconic comedy - one might convulse (9) |
| BARDEM | Javier who played Desi Arnaz in "Being the Ricardos" |
| RICARDO | Ricky _, character played by Desi Arnaz in I Love Lucy (7) |
| CLAIREBLOOM | Actress who starred with Richard Burton in Look Back in Anger and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold |
| SUSANGEORGE | British actress who starred with Peter Fonda in Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry |
| ELLENBARKIN | Actress who starred with Al Pacino in Sea of Love (1989) |
| BANDLEADERS | Desi Arnaz and Duke Ellington |
| BALLHANDLER | Desi Arnaz? |
| ARQUETTE | Rosanna, U.S. actress who starred with Madonna in the 1985 comedy film Desperately Seeking Susan (8) |
| TAYLOR | Elizabeth _, actress who starred with Richard Burton in the 1966 film Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (6) |
| KEIRA | ___ Knightley, actress who starred with 14A in The Duchess (5) |
| COX | Courteney ___, Friends actress who starred with 6D in The Longest Yard and Bedtime Stories (3) |
| KATE | ___ Beckinsale, film actress who starred with 6D in Click (4) |
| CAREY | ___ Mulligan, British actress who starred with 14A in Suffragette (5) |
| JANICE | -- Rule, actress who starred with Yul Brynner in the 1964 western 'Invitation to a Gunfighter' (6) |
| INGRIDBERGMAN | Actress who starred with Cary Grant in Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious: 2 wds. |
| EVAMARIESAINT | Actress who starred with Cary Grant in Hitchcock's North by Northwest: 3 wds. |
| SANDRA | ___ Bullock, U.S.-German actress who starred with Keanu Reeves in the 1994 action film Speed (6) |