| GRUBB | Davis, author of the 1953 novel The Night of the Hunter (5) |
| HARTLEY | LP ---, author of the 1953 novel The Go-Between |
| BRADBURY | Author of the 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451 (8) |
| NOYCE | Member of the 1953 expedition that made the first ascent of Everest who also wrote Mountains and Men (5) |
| ADLER | Larry ___, harmonica-player who won an Oscar nomination for his work on the soundtrack of the 1953 film Genevieve |
| ARION | Old poet changing start of The Hunter (5) |
| ORION | Constellation of the hunter (5) |
| ROBERTMITCHUM | Star of the 1955 film The Night of the Hunter (6,7) |
| GISH | Lillian --, American actress who starred in the 1955 film 'The Night of the Hunter' (4) |
| AGEE | James who wrote the screenplay for "The Night of the Hunter" (1955) |
| MITCHUM | Robert, actor who played an evil preacher in the 1955 film The Night Of The Hunter (7) |
| MAUPIN | Armistead ___, author of 2000 novel The Night Listener (6) |
| WINTERS | "The Night of the Hunter" star Shelley |
| LAUGHTON | His acting career spanned 30 years but he directed only one film, The Night Of The Hunter starring R |
| HATE | Word on Mitchum's hand in Night of the Hunter |
| KRAKENJAMES | 'The ---', 1953 novel by John Wyndham (6,5) |
| RALPHELLISON | African-American author of Invisible Man winner of the 1953 National Book Award for Fiction: 2 wds. |
| INGE | William, winner of the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play Picnic (4) |
| JAMESAGEE | "Night of the Hunter" screenwriter |
| MANAGER | Tom Hiddleston miniseries based on a John le Carre novel, The Night ------- (7) |
