| GIELGUD | British actor whose autobiography "An Actor in his Time" was published in 1979 |
| ERROLFLYNN | Australian actor whose autobiography, My Wicked, Wicked Ways, was published shortly after his death |
| FRAME | Janet -; author whose autobiography An Angel at my Table was adapted to screen (5) |
| BARBARATAYLORBRADFORD | Leeds-born novelist whose debut novel A Woman of Substance. was published in 1979 (7,6,8) |
| RUBIO | Politico with the autobiography "An American Son" |
| ARTMALIK | Pakistani-born British actor whose TV roles include Hari Kumar in The Jewel in the Crown |
| RICHARDGERE | Maybe I Do actor; in his first film for six years (7,4) |
| BENWHISHAW | British actor whose film roles include Michael Banks in Mary Poppins Returns, and Q in the James Bond films Spectre and Skyfall (3,7) |
| PATRICKMALAHIDE | British actor whose TV roles include Detective Sergeant Albert Chisholm in Minder and the Reverend Edward Casaubon in Middlemarch (7,8) |
| THERIGHTSTUFF | Book by Tom Wolfe, published in 1979 (3,5,5) |
| THEDEADZONE | Science fiction thriller novel by Stephen King published in 1979 (3,4,4) |
| JEFFDANIELS | Dumb and Dumber actor who founded a theater for local actors in his Michigan hometown: 2 wds. |
| TOM | ___ Hardy, British actor whose Valentine is his wife - fellow thespian Charlotte Riley (3) |
| BENEDICT | ____ Wong, British actor whose character in the Marvel films is also named Wong (8) |
| WAYNE | British actor whose film roles included George Blakeworth in The Titfield Thunderbolt (7,5) |
| NAUNTON | British actor whose film roles included George Blakeworth in The Titfield Thunderbolt (7,5) |
| HONEYED | Henry I ___ in his time you'd like words of flattery (7) |
| HYDROLOGIST | Water expert keeping awfully dry old record in his time |
| ELECTORATE | George I, say, worried comparatively few people in his time |
| HELLENIST | One who's adopted Greek girl in his time |
