| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| THEWIZARDOFODDS | Film about a successful bookie? |
| HIPPOLIGHTER | Headline about a zoo animal on a successful diet? |
| sphinxes | A winged monster of Thebes, having a woman's head and a lion's body. It propounded a riddle about the three ages of man, killing those who failed to solve it, until Oedipus was successful, whereupon the Sphinx committed suicide |
| ICET | Rapper with a successful film career |
| hitting | (of a piece of music, film, or play) Be successful |
| TONYEARNSOSCAR | "Variety" headline about actor Randall's successful screen debut? |
| optimism | Hopefulness and confidence about the future or the successful outcome of something |
