| BRICUSSE | Leslie ___, winner of a Best Music, Original Song Oscar for Talk to the Animals from Doctor Dolittle |
| WHITELAW | Billie ___, winner of a BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for 1972 BBC drama series The Sextet (8) |
| ORR | Bobby ___ (winner of a record eight consecutive N.H.L. Norris Trophies) |
| CAHN | Sammy ?, lyricist who won a Best Music, Original Song Oscar for Three Coins in a Fountain (4) |
| CARRADINE | Keith -, actor who won a Best Music, Original Song Oscar for I'm Easy from 1975's Nashville (9) |
| ROZSA | Miklos, winner of a Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture Oscar for Ben-Hur (5) |
| HAYES | Isaac ___, 1972 Best Music, Original Song Oscar winner for Theme from Shaft (5) |
| ISAACHAYES | 1972 Best Music. Original Song Oscar winner for Theme from Shaft (5,5) |
| RIVER | Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer composition; 1962 Best Music, Original Song Oscar winner (4,5) |
| MOON | Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer composition; 1962 Best Music, Original Song Oscar winner (4,5) |
| MOONRIVER | Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer composition; 1962 Best Music, Original Song Oscar winner |
| FLASHDANCE | *1983 film that won the Oscar for Best Music, Original Song |
| HUGHLOFTING | This writer's first book about Dr Dolittle who could talk to the animals, was published in 1920 (4,7 |
| ALMODOVAR | 2002 Best Original Screenplay Oscar winner for "Talk to Her" |
| ZOO | Where to talk to the animals |
| TALK | "__ to the Animals" (song from "Dr. Dolittle") |
| DOCTORDOLITTLE | Did he talk to the animals with an idle quack? (6,8) |
| DOLITTLE | Dr ___, man who could talk to the animals (8) |
| GROUPCHAT | Conversation among friends ... or a hint to the animal collectives in the starred answers and the conversations that follow them |
| RELEASE | Set free, liberate: - the animals from the cage |
