| ANY | "... card, ___ card" (Last week: The two diagonally hidden 18-letter titles were "Up the Down Staircase" and "Upstairs, |
| TEASER | Tricky question from card, last of four (6) |
| ACCOUNT | Bill has a title, we're told (7) |
| PADDLE | If you were up the creek without one you'd be in trouble! (6) |
| APU | "The Simpsons" character with an 18-letter last name |
| GOLD | Picture card's last, cutting the queen of clubs? (10) |
| PYT | "Thriller" hit with a three-letter title |
| THAT | Middle of five Shakespearean four-letter title words |
| RST | QU filler (Last week: The twentieth 12 in last week's solution was the Roman numeral XII in the word TAXIING.) |
| REY | King, to Juan [LAST WEEK: The hidden name was Claudette Colbert, whose name appears across the grid's center row as CLAW / DEBT / |
| OLYMPICMEDALS | With Katharine Berkoff's third-place finish in the 100-meter backstroke last week, the U.S. became the first country awarded 3,000 of these |
| THU | One of the seven days of the week the Star is published [abbr.] |
| MARDI | One of the other days of the week the Star publishes ...but in French |
| WOMAN | Wonder ___, title role played by Gal Gadot in the new movie out this week - the second of the Justice League films (pictured) (5) |
| DREWBARRYMORE | Actress who posted a video on Instagram on March 14 in which she called The Week "the best magazine" and its crossword "my absolute favorite crossword puzzle"; four of her movies are this puzzle's the |
| OLDTOWNROAD | 2019 Lil Nas X song that topped the charts for 19 weeks the longest of the 2010s: 3 wds. |
| BEL | "Up the Down Staircase" writer Kaufman |
| SANDYDENNIS | "Up the Down Staircase" star |
| CASE | *"Up the Down Stair___" by Kaufman |
| POKER | Five-card ___: Card game (5) |
