| EDWOOD | Tim Burton's biopic of the B movie director who posthumously won the Golden Turkey for the worst dir |
| GASTRONOMY | Suspect Norma's got last turkey for the foodies (10) |
| ANATOLIA | Turkey, for the most part |
| APATOW | Judd _, movie director who often works with his wife Leslie Mann (6) |
| AMYLOWELL | American poet who posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926 (3,6) |
| PLATH | American who posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1982 (5) |
| LOWELL | Amy who posthumously won the Pulitzer for Poetry |
| ASHE | Athlete who posthumously won the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1993 |
| HOWARD | ___ Ashman lyricist for the 1991 film Beauty and the Beast for which he posthumously won an Academy Award |
| WALT | ___ Disney producer of Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day for which he posthumously won an Academy Award |
| ELEPHANTMAN | Biopic of the tragic life of Victorian London's sideshow performer John Merrick, The ... (8,3) |
| RUSSELL | Larry ___ composer for the film Limelight for which he posthumously won an Academy Award |
| APATHY | "Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the ___ of human beings": Helen Keller |
| PETERFINCH | He posthumously won the Best Actor Oscar in 1977 for "Network" |
| BOLTOFLIGHTNING | By Jove! It's electrifying for most of Bolton taking plane to Ulster for the worst possible result ( |
| THEHATCHES | Regularly abreast, saving time for the news? Drink up and get ready for the worst (6,4,3,7) |
| BATTENDOWN | Regularly abreast, saving time for the news? Drink up and get ready for the worst (6,4,3,7) |
| NIGHT | It's near the capital of Turkey for a period of darkness (5) |
| THEMAGICBOX | 1951 film biopic of the moving picture pioneer William Friese Greene (3,5,3) |
| CYPRUS | Mediterranean island that has been the source of conflict between Greece and Turkey for some time |
