| VANSANT | Gus, director of the 1995 film To Die For (3,4) |
| GUS | Director of the films To Die For and Milk (3) |
| ELPHABA | Titular protagonist of the 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by US author Gregory Maguire (7,6) |
| LEE | Ang, director of the 1995 film Sense and Sensibility (3) |
| ANG | Director of the 1995 film Sense and Sensibility (3,3) |
| HOWARD | Director of the 1995 film Apollo 13 (6) |
| RONHOWARD | Director of the 1995 film Apollo 13 (3,6) |
| PIENAAR | Francois _, captain of the 1995 World Cup-winning South African rugby union team (7) |
| SENSE | First word in title of the 1995 film of a Jane Austin novel (5) |
| TOPHOLE | Loop the loop - it's to die for! (3-4) |
| STEROID | Drug of sort to die for? (7) |
| EDITION | An issue to die for in the confusion (7) |
| WALLACE | See 32A, Scottish knight and landowner, executed for treason in 1305, who inspired the 1995 film Braveheart |
| WILLIAM | See 32A, Scottish knight and landowner, executed for treason in 1305, who inspired the 1995 film Braveheart |
| BANDERAS | Antonio, star of the 1995 film Desperado (8) |
| ILLEANA | Douglas of To Die For |
| LORELEI | Legendary German rock singer with voice to die for |
| CANDIES | Lollies to die for come in tins (7) |
| MODERNISTIC | Remake of the 1995 film "Crimson Tide" with an aesthetic evoking early 20th-century art? |
| THROPP | Titular protagonist of the 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by US author Gregory Maguire (7,6) |
