| HOTFROSTY | Lacey Chabert/Dustin Milligan Christmas movie released on Nov. 13th |
| ADELE | Singer whose first album in six years, titled "30," will be released on Nov. 19 |
| DEARSANTA | Jack Black Christmas movie released Nov. 25th |
| ELF | Christmas movie released in 2003 and starring Will Ferrell (3) |
| THEPOLKAKING | Jack movie released on Netflix in 2018 |
| THEDIRTYDOZEN | Hit movie released on June 15, 1967 ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| HARD | The way one is expected to die, as expressed in the title of a movie released on July 15, 1988, in the U.S., with Bruce Willis as its star |
| FAMILYGUY | Fox animated comedy on which Mila Kunis replaced Lacey Chabert as the voice of Meg after the first season: 2 wds. |
| ELIZA | Wild Thornberry voiced by Lacey Chabert |
| MEG | ___ Griffin Family Guy character who was voiced by both Lacey Chabert and Mila Kunis |
| ELLISON | Who was the first quadriplegic to graduate from Harvard University and her story became a 2004 TV film starring Lacey Chabert and Vanessa Marano? (7) |
| LACEY | Chabert in many a Hallmark movie |
| AJACCIO | 2024-25 Ligue 2 club coached by Mathieu Chabert since July (7) |
| TREX | "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" band to be inducted on Nov. 7 |
| ANTZ | Animated movie released in 1998 shortly before the similar "A Bug's Life" |
| GLADIATOR | Russell Crowe's Oscar-winning movie released 20 years ago (9) |
| SUN | Steven Spielberg movie released in 1988, Empire of the --- (3) |
| GREASE | Hit movie released as 'Vaselina' in Mexico |
| DIE | James Bond movie released in 2002, --- Another Day (3) |
| INVASION | Don Siegel horror movie released in 1956, -------- of the Body Snatchers (8) |