Last year we lost a popular 39 of stage and screen. 18A/16 (four words in total) and 10/18A/15 (five words in total) are titles linked with the 39. 25 is the name16, while the remaining unclued lights give the name of the 39. A closely linked name (two words) will appear diagonally in the grid and must be shaded.
Across
1 Old trombones only big bags must hold (8)
6 Watercolourist blunt and rude (6)
12 Investigating all parts of Sixth Avenue, note absent rioting (10)
13 Nameless blade upset Nigerian (4)
14 Archaic statue...

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