| Solar beam | 10 |
| Sliver of hope | 14 |
| Sitcom star Romano | 18 |
| Shaft of sunlight | 17 |
| Sea skate, e.g. | 15 |
| Sci-fi killer | 13 |
| Role for Jamie | 14 |
| Particle stream | 15 |
| Milland | 7 |
| Magliozzi of "Car Talk" | 33 |
| Lewis the run stopper | 21 |
| Jamie played him | 16 |
| Jamie Foxx title role | 21 |
| Jamie Foxx biopic | 17 |
| Foxx biopic of 2004 | 19 |
| Flashlight output | 17 |
| Electron stream | 15 |
| Drop of golden sun | 18 |
| Debra Barone's husband | 26 |
| Comic actor Romano | 18 |
| Charles or Bradbury | 19 |
| Bob's longtime partner | 26 |
| Best Picture nominee starring Jamie Foxx | 40 |
| Arm of a starfish | 17 |
| Actor Liotta | 12 |
| X- -- | 5 |
| X follower? | 11 |
| Walston or Bolger | 17 |
| Walston of ''My Favorite Martian'' | 50 |
| Violet ___ | 10 |
| Unit of sunshine | 16 |
| Unit of light or hope | 21 |
| TV's Romano | 15 |
| Tropicana Field pro | 19 |
| Tough guy actor Aldo | 20 |
| Title role for which Jamie Foxx won an Oscar | 44 |
| Thornback | 9 |
| Thin beam | 9 |
| That's a Kroc! | 18 |
| Sunlight bit | 12 |
| Sugar or Aldo | 13 |
| Sugar ___ Robinson | 18 |
| Stream of particles | 19 |
| Stinging swimmer | 16 |
| Stingaree | 9 |
| Stevens who sang about streaking | 32 |
| St. Pete athlete | 16 |
| Slight gleam | 12 |
| Sky line? | 9 |
| Skate, e.g. | 11 |
| Skate through the water? | 24 |
| Singer LaMontagne | 17 |
| Sci-fi danger | 13 |
| Romano or Liotta | 16 |
| Rachael on the Food Network | 27 |
| Rachael of the Food Network | 27 |
| R&B singer Charles | 22 |
| Piano man Charles | 17 |
| Part in the shining? | 20 |
| Pancake-like fish | 17 |
| Oscar-winning role for Jamie | 28 |
| Oscar-winning Jamie Foxx role | 29 |
| Oscar-nominated 2004 biopic | 27 |
| Oscar role for Jamie | 20 |
| Oriole rival | 12 |
| Narrow beam of light | 20 |
| Narrow beam | 11 |
| Music great Charles | 19 |
| Movie with Larenz Tate as Quincy Jones | 38 |
| Movie for which Jamie Foxx won an Oscar | 39 |
| Minimal hope | 12 |
| Metaphor for hope | 17 |
| Member of the 2008 American League champs | 41 |
| Man of art | 10 |
| Loser to ''Million Dollar Baby'' for Best Picture | 65 |
| Liotta or Romano | 16 |
| Liotta or Charles | 17 |
| Liotta of "GoodFellas" | 32 |
| Linebacker Lewis | 16 |
| Light bit | 9 |
| Legendary singer Charles | 24 |
| Legendary Charles | 17 |
| Lamontagne, Liotta or Charles | 29 |
| Kroc or Conniff | 15 |
| Judy, Bert and Jack's co-star | 33 |
| Jamie's Oscar role | 22 |
| Jamie Foxx Oscar film | 21 |
| Jamie Foxx biopic about singer Charles | 38 |
| It lost out to "Million Dollar Baby" for Best Picture | 63 |
| Hint of hope | 12 |
| Heat ___ (sci-fi weapon) | 24 |
| Half-line | 9 |
| Gridiron legend Lewis | 21 |
| Glimmer of hope | 15 |
| Florida baseballer | 18 |
| Fish with large pectoral fins | 29 |
| Film for which Jamie Foxx won an Oscar | 38 |
| Everything Is Beatiful singer Stevens | 40 |
| Entertainer Charles | 19 |
| Element of hope? | 16 |