| PRIMROSEPATH | A name for the pursuit of pleasure first used in Hamlet |
| WILL | Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for The Pursuit of Happyness (4,5) |
| SMITH | Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for The Pursuit of Happyness (4,5) |
| WILLSMITH | Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for The Pursuit of Happyness |
| HEDONIST | Sondheim busted in the pursuit of pleasure (8) |
| HEDONISM | That man is following Mafia leader on motorway out of the pursuit of pleasure (8) |
| EPICUREANS | Those given to the pursuit of pleasure |
| EPICURUS | Greek thinker associated with the pursuit of pleasure |
| HEDONISTIC | Committed to the pursuit of pleasure |
| HEDONIC | Pertaining to the pursuit of pleasure |
| MITFORD | Author of novels including Highland Fling, Wigs on the Green, Pigeon Pie, The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate who was the eldest of the 2nd Baron Redesdale's seven children (7) |
| ANSARA | One of the first women in Australia to work as a cinematographer, whose films include The Pursuit of Happiness (1988), an allegory of the Australian-US political relationship? (6) |
| TRIP | Journey that results in pleasure first of all |
| LYRICPOEM | Dickinson's "The Heart Asks Pleasure First," for one |
| FUNGUSES | Pleasure first thing for gourmet ___ consumes mushrooms? (8) |
| KNIFE | The pursuit of a cutting-edge bit of kit for the field (7,5) |
| HUNTING | The pursuit of a cutting-edge bit of kit for the field (7,5) |
| EPICURISM | Heroic expression of doubt about endless danger in pursuit of pleasure (9) |
| ASKS | "The heart ___ pleasure first": Dickinson |
| EPICUREANISM | Putting pleasure first ruins peace - I'm troubled |
