| SCARLETT | ___ Johansson, Danish-U.S. actress who plays Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (8) |
| BANKHEAD | Black Widow in the '60s Batman, Tallulah ... (8) |
| ANDERSON | Gillian, U.S. actress who plays Margaret Thatcher in The Crown (8) |
| TALLULAH | Black Widow in Batman, ... Bankhead (8) |
| TALLULAHBANKHEAD | American actress whose last screen role was the Black Widow in the Batman TV series |
| ELIZABETH | ____ Olsen, U.S. actress who plays Wanda Maximoff in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (9) |
| POMPEO | Ellen, U.S. actress who plays the title character in the TV medical drama series Grey's Anatomy (6) |
| MOSS | Elisabeth, U.S. actress who plays June Osborne in the dystopian TV series The Handmaid's Tale (4) |
| MAHARANI | Indian widow in ruin accepting a husband, a new one |
| NAT | Nickname of Black Widow in the MCU |
| EMMA | ____ Stone, U.S. actress who plays the title role in the 2021 film Cruella (4) |
| DAKOTA | ____ Fanning, U.S. actress who plays Sara Howard in the TV period drama The Alienist (6) |
| DWAYNEJOHNSON | Hobbs & Shaw actor who plays Black Adam in Black Adam: 2 wds. |
| RYDER | Winona, U.S. actress who plays Joyce Byers in the sci-fi TV series Stranger Things (5) |
| PALTROW | Gwyneth, U.S. actress who plays Pepper Potts in the Iron Man film series (7) |
| ORTEGA | Jenna, U.S. actress who plays the title role in Netflix horror-comedy Wednesday (6) |
| SONIA | The merry widow, in the 1934 musical "The Merry Widow" |
| JOHANSSON | Scarlett - - -, actress who played Black Widow in 2019 action film Avengers: Endgame (9) |
| STRIPMAXINE | Command to the promiscuous widow in "The Night of the Iguana" to take her clothes off? |
| EWANMCGREGOR | Christopher Robin actor who plays Black Mask in Birds of Prey: 2 wds. |
