| DEADMAN | Sort who tells no tales, per an old saying |
| NOBLE | Hear, hear! Peer tells no bovine untruths (5) |
| DEAD | ___ men tell no tales, saying (4) |
| MEN | Dead ____ tell no tales (pirate saying) |
| ORLANDOBLOOM | "Troy" actor who plays Captain Will Turner in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales": 2 wds. |
| GEOFFREYRUSH | "Shine" actor who plays Captain Hector Barbossa in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales": 2 wds. |
| JAVIERBARDEM | "Skyfall" villain portrayer who plays Captain Salazar in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales": 2 wds. |
| BARDEM | Actor who plays Captain Salazar in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Javier ___ (6) |
| TRUISM | "Dead men tell no tales," e.g. |
| DEADMEN | Empty bottles; they tell no tales |
| BLOOM | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales actor, Orlando ___ |
| IDA | Girl who's "sweet as apple cider," per an old song |
| LETUSALONE | Honeymooners' salad, as per an old riddle |
| FREELUNCH | Economic impossibility, per an old saw |
| INACAN | Prince Albert's place, per an old joke |
| SEARS | "Where America shops for value," per an old slogan |
| HAY | What to make while the sun shines, per an old proverb |
| MRINBETWEEN | Something to "call me" per an old song |
| LIKEMIKE | Emulating basketball's Jordan, per an old catchphrase |
| EARS | Little pitchers have big ones, per an old maxim |
