| YEVTUSHENKO | Yevgeny ___ (1932 -2017), Russian poet, dramatist, film director, etc (11) |
| WYCHELM | Tree's parts in Restoration dramatist's film (4-3) |
| VALTTERIBOTTAS | Finnish driver who won his first Formula One race at the 2017 Russian Grand Prix |
| SCORSESE | Martin ___ (b 1942), US actor, producer, director, etc (8) |
| RESIDUAL | Repeat fee for the broadcast of a filmed work, paid to an actor, writer, director etc. (8) |
| SHAKESPEARE | William _, England's most famous poet, dramatist and actor (11) |
| KAFELNIKOV | Yevgeny ___, 1996 French Open singles tennis championship winner (10) |
| IBSEN | Surname of the poet-dramatist famous for A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, etc (5) |
| FEDERICOGARCIALORCA | Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director killed by Nationalist forces during the Spanish Civil War |
| DUST | Red ___ 1932 romantic drama film starring Clark Gable that was remade as Mogambo |
| SCHILLER | German poet, dramatist; William Tell, Maria Stuart |
| LORCA | Spanish poet, dramatist and artist who wrote the play Blood Wedding in 1933, Federico Garcia ... |
| DRINKWATER | John --, 1882-1937, poet, dramatist and critic (10) |
| GOETHE | Johann Wolfgang von --,German poet, dramatist, scientist and court official (6) |
| JOHN | Poet, dramatist and critic born at Aldwinkle Rectory, Northamptonshire (4,6) |
| DRYDEN | Poet, dramatist and critic born at Aldwinkle Rectory, Northamptonshire (4,6) |
| GAUTIER | Theophile, French poet, dramatist and literary critic born in 1811 (7) |
| APARADE | "I Love ___": 1932 film |
| AGAIN | I'll Never Be Young ___; 1932 novel by Rebecca author Daphne Du Maurier (5) |
| MADNESS | American ___ (1932) stars Walter Huston and was written by Robert Riskin (7) |