| CURRENTEVENTS | Component of some social studies classes, or the name of the newspaper sporting the headlines in this puzzle? |
| MASTHEAD | The name of the newspaper: M! (8) |
| ROMPERSTOMPER | Russell Crowe attracted attention early in his career for his portrayal of Hando, a neo-Nazi, in thi |
| LONDONEVENINGSTANDARD | Full name of the newspaper currently edited by George Osborne |
| MOUNTAINHIGHVALLEYLOW | Classic song with the repeated line "If you need me, I will be nearby" ... shown symbolically in thi |
| UNCHAINEDMELODY | "Oh, my love, my darling, I've hungered for your touch a long, lonely time," sang Jimmy Young in thi |
| FLAGON | Vessel sporting the ensign? |
| CHIC | Sporting the latest |
| CJDENNIS | In his verse novel, who created the larrikin Bill, and the woman "of some social aspiration", Doreen? (1,1,6) |
| TWEETS | Contents of some social media threads |
| SEEN | Status of some social media messages |
| CECIL | Name the lion which hit the headlines in the summer after he was shot dead in Zimbabwe by an American tourist. (5) |
| SCANDALS | 'Caught in Ocean-liner with Gangsters' - the headlines in the tabloids (8) |
| REHAB | Charity group which was in the headlines in 2013. (3) |
| STEPHENSONDHEIM | Musical legend who died on November 26. In the late '60s, he wrote British-style crosswords, which often include anagrams, for this magazine; each of our theme plays is an anagram of his name (and thi |
| ARMADILLO | The Andean stringed instrument called the churango was traditionally made from the hard shell of thi |
| HEADLINE | The words in big, black letters on the front page of the newspaper that let everybody know what the article is all about |
| ONLINE | March/April 1996: T.O. ___ (Original name of the Star's website, which featured the electronic version of the newspaper). Later that year, it would be renamed to what it still is today ...More at #271 |
| BEATLESBREAKUP | It made headlines in the world of rock in 1970: 2 wds. |
| PARVENU | Standard archdeacon ___ of the upper classes or upstart? (7) |
