| MAE | --- West, U.S. actress |
| KANYE | ___ West, U.S. rapper, producer and fashion designer born in 1977 (5) |
| ADAM | ____ West, U.S. actor who portrayed Batman on television in the 1960s (4) |
| TOPEKA | Capital of mid-west U.S. state known as The Sunflower State (6) |
| POMPEO | Ellen, U.S. actress who plays the title character in TV show Grey's Anatomy (6) |
| LORETTA | _ Swit, U.S. actress who played Major 'Hot Lips' Houlihan in the TVseries M*A*S*H (7) |
| ELLEN | _ _ _ _ _ Burstyn, U.S. actress who played Regan's mother in the 1973 film The Exorcist (5) |
| HOLMES | Katie, U.S. actress who played Joey Potter in the TV teen drama series Dawson's Creek (6) |
| MOORE | Julianne, U.S. actress who won a Best Actress Oscar for the 2014 film Still Alice (5) |
| DREWBARRYMORE | U.S. actress who starred as Elliott's younger sister in the 1982 film E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (4,9) |
| FARROW | Mia, U.S. actress who starred in Rosemary's Baby (6) |
| CHANNING | Stockard, U.S. actress who played First Lady Abbey Bartlet in the TV series The West Wing (8) |
| KIRSTEN | ____ Dunst, U.S. actress who played Mary Jane Watson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man film trilogy (7) |
| MOSS | Elisabeth, U.S. actress who plays June Osborne in the dystopian TV series The Handmaid's Tale (4) |
| BURSTYN | Ellen, U.S. actress who played Regan's mother in the 1973 horror film The Exorcist (7) |
| POTTER | Joey, character played by U.S. actress Katie Holmes in TV teen drama series Dawson's Creek (6) |
| REMICK | Lee, U.S. actress who played Damien's mother in the 1976 horror film The Omen (6) |
| CLOSETOHOME | U.S. actress altered the mood almost? That's uncomfortably true (5,2,4) |
| CHASTAIN | Jessica, U.S. actress who won Best Actress Oscar in 2022 for playing the lead in the film The Eyes Of Tammy Faye (8) |
| LADD | Cheryl, U.S. actress who played Kris Munroe in the TV crime drama series Charlie's Angels (4) |