| KIRK | and 21ac, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Champion, The Bad and the Beautiful and Lust for Life |
| KIRKDOUGLAS | and 21ac, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Champion, The Bad and the Beautiful and Lust for Life |
| DOUGLAS | see 16ac, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Champion, The Bad and the Beautiful and Lust for Life |
| GRAHAME | Gloria ?, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for The Bad and the Beautiful (7) |
| PITCHIN | Gloria -, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for The Bad and the Beautiful (7) |
| GLORIA | Best Supporting Actress Oscar-winner for The Bad and the Beautiful (6,7) |
| FITZGERALD | Author of jazz age novels including The Beautiful and Damned and The Great Gatsby whose wife, Zelda, was America's first flapper (10) |
| LANA | Kirk's co-star in "The Bad and the Beautiful" |
| LASH | "The Beautiful and the Damned" Aussies |
| DAMNED | *F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Beautiful and the ___" |
| LANATURNER | "The Bad and the Beautiful" actress |
| RHALA | Lus for roasted halloumi and lemon avocados for starters (5) |
| SHEEN | Word, from the Old English for "beautiful" and related to the Old Norse for "white horse", for lustre; or, glistening or splendid attire (5) |
| REBEL | German Shepherd dog in the TV series Champion the Wonder Horse |
| SEBASTIAN | and 21ac, German Formula One driver who won the drivers' championship in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 |
| JENNIFERS | and 21ac, 2009 comedy-horror film starring Megan Fox in the title role |
| BESTOWING | Giving the champion the ball to shoot (9) |
| EVANDER | First name of the US boxing champion 'the Real Deal' Holyfield (7) |
| SEA | 3 & 21Ac. Produced from the ocean, we hear, and carried by the waves (3-5) |
| BOYS | (And 21ac) Christian youth organisation founded in Glasgow in 1883 by William Smith (4,7) |
