| MORGANFREEMAN | "Last Vegas" actor who played Nelson Mandela in "Invictus": 2 wds. |
| MORGAN | Actor who plays Nelson Mandela in Invictus, ___ Freeman |
| TERRENCEHOWARD | "Iron Man" actor who played Nelson Mandela in "Winnie Mandela": 2 wds. |
| SIDNEYPOITIER | "To Sir, With Love" actor who played Nelson Mandela in "Mandela and de Klerk": 2 wds. |
| IDRIS | Actor who played Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, _ Elba (5) |
| NICOLASCAGE | Leaving Las Vegas actor who played Hi McDunnough in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| NELSON | Activist Mandela who was portrayed by Morgan Freeman in "Invictus" |
| INVICTUS | 2009 drama in which Morgan Freeman played Nelson Mandela (8) |
| DEKLERK | F.W. --- ---, the 9th State President of South Africa, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela in 1993 (2,5) |
| OLIVERTAMBO | President of the African National Congress who resigned in favour of the recently released Nelson Mandela in 1991 (6,5) |
| TAMBO | Oliver ___, president of the African National Congress who stood down in favour of Nelson Mandela in 1991 (5) |
| MBEKI | Thabo, South African president who succeeded Nelson Mandela in 1999 (5) |
| IDRISELBA | Player of Nelson Mandela in "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" |
| FREEMAN | Mandela portrayer in "Invictus," 2009 |
| PEACE | Nobel ___ Prize award received by Nelson Mandela in 1993 |
| THEELDERS | Organisation of world leaders launched by Nelson Mandela in 2007, chaired by Kofi Annan (3,6) |
| DENIRO | One of four costars in "Last Vegas" |
| JJCHALMERS | Invictus Games medallist who took part in Strictly in 2020 (2,8) |
| MCDERMOTT | "LA to Vegas" actor Dylan who's engaged to his old "Stalker" costar Maggie Q |
| CURTAINCALLS | They're for actors associated with Rear Window perhaps, Scream and Last Vegas (7,5) |
