| PIE | 1999 gross-out teen comedy and a song by Don McLean, American - (3) |
| DON | ___ McLean, American Pie singer (3) |
| AMERICANPIE | 1971 country song by Don McLean about the day the music died: 2 wds. |
| SAG | Award with a nude statuette holding a mask of comedy and a mask of tragedy: Abbr. |
| PROTEIN | Expert called out teen supplement (7) |
| MANANDSUPERMAN | 1905 four-act play by George Bernard Shaw subtitled A Comedy and A Philosophy (3,3,8) |
| END | The _ of the Innocence: 1989 song by Don Henley (3) |
| THEBOYSOFSUMMER | Song by Don Henley released in 1984 (3,4,2,6) |
| ADO | Word in a play by Shakespeare and a song by Waxahatchee |
| PDA | Behavior that might gross out other people on the bus, briefly |
| UGH | Gross out cry |
| ICK | Give the ___ (gross out) |
| ENNUI | Word for boredom used as the title of a sonnet by Sylvia Plath, a painting by Walter Sickert and a song by Lou Reed (5) |
| MARILYN | Subject of a painting by Andy and a song by Elton |
| YOUSEEMPRETTY | And 62 and 47 Olivia Rodrigo's new album, featuring a duet with Robert Smith and a song called The Cure (3,4,6,3,3,1,4,2,2,4) |
| SEX | Learning about birds and bees in hit Netflix teen comedy drama (3) |
| SAGA | The ___ Begins song by Weird Al Yankovic which is a parody of American Pie by Don McLean |
| AVALON | What word connects an island in the mythology of King Arthur, a TV production company and a song by Roxy Music? (6) |
| OFF | Teen comedy classic with Matthew Broderick, Ferris Bueller's Day ___ (3) |
| CRYING | 1961 song by Roy Orbison; a UK No 1 when covered by Don McLean in 1980 (6) |
