| THEDIRTYDOZEN | 1967 war film, and an apt description for this puzzle's starred answers |
| ROGUE | It connects a Radha Mitchell film and an Anna Paquin character (5) |
| INTHESOUP | Facing difficulty, or a bad place for this puzzle's starred "trouble foods" (note their last words) |
| GAMEFOWL | Fighting birds, or an apt description for the starred answers |
| THEKARATEKID | 1984 film starring Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita that spawned three more films and an animated series (3,6,3) |
| DOZEN | 1967 war film and blockbuster The Dirty ___ (5) |
| SOUNDBITES | Broadcast news snippets ... or an apt description for 17-, 28- and 46-Across? |
| DISNEY | *He won 26 Oscars, including an Academy Honorary Award (consisting of one full-sized and seven miniature statuettes) for the film depicted in this puzzle's starred answers |
| BREAKALEG | Encouragement to an actor, and what this puzzle's starred answers do |
| TOBRUK | 1967 war film starring Rock Hudson and George Peppard (6) |
| MISSINGTHEBOAT | Losing out on an opportunity ... like this puzzle's starred answers when reading several Down answers that cross them |
| OFFTOTHERACES | Embarking on something exciting, and a hint regarding what this puzzle's starred answers' endings ha |
| FEDUP | At one's limit, and a hint to this puzzle's starred answers |
| MEETTHEPRESS | Interview show since 1947 ... and what this puzzle's starred answers do in two ways |
| BACKTOSQUAREONE | Hint for understanding this puzzle's starred answers |
| THEFOURTOPS | Motown greats, and things that finish this puzzle's starred answers |
| BREAKSTHEFOURTHWALL | Delivers an aside, as this puzzle's starred answers literally do |
| ONANDON | Endlessly (and a hint to the ends of the two words in this puzzle's starred answers) |
| IRISHCOUNTY | One of the four that end this puzzle's starred answers |
| BUDDINGAUTHOR | Any of this puzzle's starred answers, career-wise? |
