| MIA | "The Black Dahlia" actress Kirshner |
| VERONICALAKE | 'The Blue Dahlia' actress |
| MEA | "The L Word" actress Kirshner |
| MIAKIRSHNER | Actress who played Elizabeth Short in 2006 drama The Black Dahlia |
| KIRSHNER | Actress who played Elizabeth Short in 2006 drama The Black Dahlia (3,8) |
| JOSHHARTNETT | The Black Dahlia star (2 wds.) |
| APE | "Statutory ___" The Black Dahlia Murder |
| PALMA | The Black Dahlia and Passion director, Brian De ___ (5) |
| DEPALMA | "The Black Dahlia" director |
| ELLROY | Author of The Black Dahlia and L.A. Confidential, James ... |
| APEX | Black Dahlia Murder song about the top? |
| MIAS | Sara and Kirshner |
| TUBER | In botany, the genus of truffles; the thickened subterranean stem of the Jerusalem artichoke, potato or yam; or, the rootstock of the cyclamen or the dahlia (5) |
| LAKE | Veronica --, actress who starred with Alan Ladd and William Bendix in the 1946 film 'The Blue Dahlia' (4) |
| POMPOM | At ceremony, the Order - of the Dahlia? |
| ARLENE | Actress Dahl who founded the Dahlia fragrance company |
| VERONICA | Born Constance Ockleman, the star of I Wanted Wings and The Blue Dahlia is far better remembered as |
| BULBS | Underground parts of plants such as the crocus, dahlia, winter aconite, chionodoxa (glory-of-the-snow) snowdrop and narcissus (5) |
| OCEAN | The dahlia variety '___ Bird' and the fuchsia '___ Beach' are both all at sea! (5) |
| ALANLADD | American actor whose films included 1953's Shane, 1949's The Great Gatsby and 1946's The Blue Dahlia (4,4) |
