| Clue | 4-letter Answer |
| ★With [last rung], American film director ★ | |
| American actress: ____ Crawford | |
| Family in ''The Grapes of Wrath'' | |
| ★ ''Tobacco ____'' (1941) ★ | |
| Cross or crucifix | |
| Frame of mind | |
| ★ ''The Rise of the ____'' (1957) ★ | |
| A large diving bird | |
| Money (slang) | |
| ★ ''The ____ Patrol'' (1934) ★ | |
| ★ ''The ____ Hurrah'' (1958) ★ | |
| Unmarried girl | |
| Phrase: 'I'm at a ____ for words' | |
| 2003 movie: ''How to ____ a Guy in 10 Days'' | |
| Solitary; unaccompanied | |
| ★ ''The Long Grey ____'' (1955) ★ | |
| Former money of Italy | |
| Traditional knowledge, learning | |
| ★ ''She ____ a Yellow Ribbon'' (1949) ★ | |