| WARRENBEATTY | Actor who directed, wrote, and appears in "Rules Don't Apply": 2 wds. |
| ANNETTEBENING | Actress and wife of 18-Across, who also appears in "Rules Don't Apply": 2 wds. |
| HOWARDHUGHES | Reclusive billionaire played by 18-Across in "Rules Don't Apply: 2 wds. |
| PUTIN | __ for (apply, 2 wds.) |
| WARREN | With 34-Across, "Rules Don't Apply" star who goes by his middle name, not his first name, Henry |
| SNOOPY | He is a spotted white beagle who is Charlie Brown's pet dog and appears in Peanuts cartoons. In this dog's fantasy life, he plays a World War I flying ace whose nemesis is the Red Baron. |
| LAODICEAN | One who is indifferent to religion, and appears in the title of a Thomas Hardy novel |
| SPANIEL | Dog which was a royal favourite in the 17th Century and appears in many paintings (7) |
| ROBERTREDFORD | "All Is Lost" actor who directed and starred in "The Horse Whisperer": 2 wds. |
| KENNETHBRANAGH | Actor who directed and played the title character in 1996's "Hamlet": 2 wds. |
| CALM | It is unruflled and appears in a vertical manner (4) |
| VERANDA | A minister goes back -and appears in that porch (7) |
| ROBREINER | All in the Family actor who directed The Princess Bride and When Harry Met Sally ...: 2 wds. |
| CRYSTAL | Billy -, actor who directed, co-wrote and starred in 1992 comedy-drama film Mr Saturday Night |
| RONHOWARD | Happy Days actor who directed Apollo 13 and A Beautiful Mind: 2 wds. |
| BAKER | The Mentalist lead actor who directed and starred in Breath, Simon ___ (5) |
| BEATTY | Warren -; actor who directed and starred in Reds (6) |
| BRANAGH | Kenneth -; actor who directed, produced and starred in Peter's Friends (7) |
| STILLER | Ben, U.S. actor who directed and starred in the 2001 film Zoolander (7) |
| DAVIDSPADE | He played bad boss Russell Dunbar in "Rules of Engagement": 2 wds. |
