| FIFTYCENT | "Many Men (Wish Death)" rapper who announced this week that he's working on a TV adaptation of 14-Across (yeah, we had to spell the number out since it's a crossword puzzle) |
| GARYSUNS | He's working on a tan |
| CREW | Group of employees working on a TV show (4) |
| BADSHAH | Rapper who announced a new version of his song. (First name) (7) |
| KATHYBATES | Best Actress Oscar-winner who announced this week that she'll be retiring from acting after her run on ABC's "Matlock" is over |
| RODSTEWART | 79-year-old rock icon who announced this week that he'll be extending his 13-year Las Vegas residency through 2025 |
| THE | With 13-Across, "Jersey Shore" castmember who announced on Instagram this week that he and his wife, Lauren, are expecting their third child |
| OFICE | Game of Thrones is a TV adaptation of George RR Martin's fantasy book series, A Song ___ and Fire |
| JACOBI | Sir Derek, who appeared in a TV adaptation of 6, 8 across's The Murder At The Vicarage (6) |
| FATHERBROWN | Who was the meek and somewhat untidy priest and sleuth created by Chesterton and played by Mark Williams in a TV adaptation? (6,5) |
| SUCCESSION | Show about family -- and 12-Across is expanding hers, as she announced this week that she and husband Dave Lawson are expecting their first potential heir |
| THOMPSON | Athlete who, at the 1984 Olympics, won the decathlon gold medal for the second time; or, an actress who starred in a television adaptation of Olivia Manning's Fortunes of War (8) |
| HODGE | A rustic or countryman; an actress in Rumpole of the Bailey and a television adaptation of Rosamunde Pilcher's The Shell Seekers; or, Samuel Johnson's most famous cat (5) |
| LINDSAY | Actor who starred in My Family with Zoe Wanamaker and narrated a television adaptation of Brambly Hedge (7) |
| SMALL | Actress who played DS Barbara Havers in a television adaptation of The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (5) |
| WIMWENDERS | 80-year-old German director who will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the German Film Academy on May 29th, as announced this week |
| PARIS | "Emily in ___" (show whose fourth season will begin streaming on Netflix on August 15th, as announced this week |
| HOWARD | Castle -; stately home in York designed by Sir John Vanbrugh where a television adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited was filmed (6) |
| CREWS | Terry who said this week that if he could be any athlete of the past, he'd be NFL great (and actor) Jim Brown, who passed away last month at the age of 87 |
| NAKED | "The ___ Gun" (comedy film series getting a reboot for July 2025, as announced this week) |
