| SAMARA | _ Weaving, actress with a lead role in the 2019 horror film Ready or Not (6) |
| FLORENCE | _ Pugh, starred in the 2019 horror film Midsommar (8) |
| APART | On one's own with a lead role (5) |
| EDIT | Make a film ready for an audience, say |
| ONE | Olivia Cooke sci-fi film, Ready Player ... (3) |
| GALENA | A strong wind from the north with a lead sulphide (6) |
| NYONGO | Star of 2019 horror flick Us, Lupita - (6) |
| ELAINE | - - - Paige, singer and actress with a Sunday show on Radio 2 (6) |
| ZOOMER | '90s kid is someone who drives with a lead foot? (6) |
| APLOMB | See Mike with a lead boxing, showing confidence (6) |
| FUGEES | US hip-hop band that had big 1990s hits with Killing Me Softly and Ready or Not |
| RACHEL | ___ Weisz, actress with a March birthday (6) |
| SOLDER | Join with a lead-tin alloy |
| STREEP | Actress with a record 13 Oscar nominations |
| SEEKER | "Ready or not, here I come" speaker |
| JULIA | Who turned down a lead role in Sleepless in Seattle and Shakespeare in Love? (5,7) |
| ROBERTS | Who turned down a lead role in Sleepless in Seattle and Shakespeare in Love? (5,7) |
| RENEEZELLWEGER | She won Best Actress Oscar for the title role in the 2019 film Judy (5,9) |
| DOCTORSLEEP | 2019 horror film adapted from a Stephen King novel, starring Ewan McGregor and Rebecca Ferguson (6,5) |
| STAR | Take a lead role in a film |
