| FERVOUR | Heat of emotion, zeal (7) |
| IMPASSIONED | With heat of emotion (11) |
| STEIGER | Rod ----, co-star of In The Heat Of The Night (7) |
| POITIER | Sidney ___, star of In the Heat of the Night (7) |
| SUNBURN | Result of having overdone it in the heat of the moment? (7) |
| THERMAL | Preventing the loss of body heat, of clothing |
| AIRDRIE | Town endlessly exposed to heat of the sun (7) |
| TEKTITE | Small dark glassy object thought to have been formed from terrestrial rocks by the heat of impacting meteorites (7) |
| JEWISON | Canadian director whose films include In the Heat of the Night, Fiddler on the Roof and Moonstruck (6,7) |
| NBATEAM | Heat of hoops |
| OCONNOR | Played police chief Bill Gillespie in In the Heat of the Night (Carroll -------) |
| BOWEN | Author of The House in Paris, The Death of the Heart and The Heat of the Day (5) |
| RODSTEIGER | Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1967 film In The Heat of the Night (3,7) |
| TRIAL | Test of a sheepdog's herding skills; sample piece of pottery used to test the heat of a kiln; or, a judicial examination (5) |
| WARMTH | Heat of battle over short period of time (6) |
| ROD | Steiger of "In the Heat of the Night" |
| DFLAT | Key of "Heat of the Moment" and "Mr. Brightside" |
| INTHE | __ ___ Heat Of The Night: winner of 1967 Oscar for Best Picture (2,3) |
| QUINCY | Film-score composer of The Color Purple and In The Heat Of The Night, ... Jones |
| AESTUS | Lit. heat of fire and sea swell, metaph. upset of mind (4th decl.) |