| DEMILLE | 'The Ten Commandments' (1956) director |
| CECIL | Director of The Ten Commandments (1956), he was known as one of the founding fathers of American cinema (first name only) (5) |
| CHARLTON | The United States gun-lobby spokesman (with all the authority of his The Ten Commandments days), act |
| DEREK | John ___, actor-director who played Joshua in 1956 film drama The Ten Commandments (5) |
| ARK | (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments. |
| MOSES | The Ten Commandments prophet in the Old Testament portrayed on screen by Charlton Heston in 1956 |
| CHARLTONHESTON | Actor who played Moses in the 1956 film The Ten Commandments (8,6) |
| NONOS | The Ten Commandments, for the most part |
| EPIC | The pictures is featuring "The Ten Commandments"? |
| YULBRYNNER | The King and I and The Ten Commandments star |
| IDOLWORSHIP | Violation of the second of the Ten Commandments |
| CECILB | Early director of spectacular films (his last was The Ten Commandments), ... DeMille (5,1) |
| SINAI | Mount _, the mountain where God gave the Ten Commandments to Moses (5) |
| EXODUS | This Old Testament book includes the giving of the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai (6) |
| CECILBDEMILLE | U.S. film director noted for his love of spectacle whose work includes The Ten Commandments (5,1,7) |
| SI | In the Book of Exodus, on which mountain does Moses receive the Ten Commandments? (5) |
| LYING | Activity generally considered banned by the ninth of the Ten Commandments (5) |
| STEALING | Activity outlawed by the eighth of the Ten Commandments (8) |
| DEFINITEARTICLE | The ten commandments originally ratified lie on the rocks (8,7) |
| AARON | "The Ten Commandments" role |
