| BLUE | Brooke Shields romance, The ___ Lagoon |
| LAGOON | Brooke Shields shipwreck romance, The Blue ___ (6) |
| BODYGUARD | Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston romance, The ___ |
| HORSE | Robert Redford and Kristin Scott Thomas romance, The ___ Whisperer |
| WAYWE | Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford romance, The ___ Were |
| BLACK | Horror classic, Creature from the ___ Lagoon |
| READE | Charles ___, English author best known for the historical romance The Cloister and the Hearth (1861) (5) |
| APULEIUS | 2nd-century Roman writer noted for his romance The Golden Ass, the only Latin novel that has survived in its entirety |
| NASHE | Thomas, author of the 1594 prose romance The Unfortunate Traveller (5) |
| SPENSER | English poet best known for the allegorical romance The Faerie Queene (1590; 1596) (6,7) |
| EDMUND | English poet best known for the allegorical romance The Faerie Queene (1590; 1596) (6,7) |
| HAD | Elizabeth Taylor romance, The GirlWho...Everything (3) |
| WEWERE | Robert Redford romance, The Way ... (2,4) |
| AGE | Historical romance, The ...of Innocence (3) |
| NOW | 2013 romance, "The Spectacular -" |
| AFTER | Jane Fonda and Jeff Bridges mystery romance, The Morning ___ |
| TRUK | ___ Lagoon, diver's mecca |
| APO | Walt Disney World's ___ Lagoon |
| PIPERS | BC: ___ Lagoon Park, in Nanaimo |
| INNOCENCE | Daniel Day-Lewis and Michelle Pfeiffer romance, The Age of ... (9) |
