| SCENE | "This Ain't a ___, It's an Arms Race" (Fall Out Boy song) |
| CAKEWALK | It's a ___ : it's an easy task ? (8) |
| ROCKETSCIENTIST | It doesn't take a ___, it's an easy task (6,9) |
| DRAWINGPIN | 'Ard up? Then it's an arm and a leg for stationery equipment (7,3) |
| EVOLVER | It's an arm, not the head, that adapts slowly |
| UMA | Thurman mentioned in a Fall Out Boy song |
| UMATHURMAN | Fall Out Boy song about the star of the "Kill Bill" movies: 2 wds. |
| AGO | "Chicago Is So Two Years ___" (Fall Out Boy song) |
| WERE | Sugar ___ Goin Down (Fall Out Boy song) |
| ARENT | The Kids ___ Alright, Fall Out Boy song |
| MARS | An arm's stretched out to get a chocolate bar (4) |
| NOTION | A negative and a positive charge ___ it's an idea (6) |
| PAINBRUSH | "Save 10 percent on an artist's tool and get a ___. It's the same tool, just a bigger hassle!" |
| CINCH | It's a ___ : it's a certainty? (5) |
| EMBARGOON | "Youth Demand is a newly launched group that is calling for an arms ____ Israel" (The Times, April 2024) |
| ELL | Unit a little longer than an arm's length |
| LORD | 2005 drama film about an arms dealer, whose cast included Ethan Hawke (4,2,3) |
| OFWAR | 2005 drama film about an arms dealer, whose cast included Ethan Hawke (4,2,3) |
| KAB | ___ se ___ tak word that fills both the blanks in this Gully Boy song |
| SIERRA | I make a mistake in it ___ it's an S (6) |