| BOWLINGALONE | 2000 Robert D. Putnam book subtitled "The Collapse and Revival of American Community" |
| CORNROWS | Do for the African-American community? |
| PUEBLO | Spanish American community in sun-dried brick-built houses (6) |
| CONCIERGE | Sting takes old transport for third performance and revival, for example, of The Caretaker (9) |
| DRT | Gynecologist in the title of a 2000 Robert Altman rom-com |
| SELENAGOMEZ | Singer with the #1 albums "Stars Dance" (2013) and "Revival" (2015) |
| MEETTHEPARENTS | 2:30 p.m.: 2000 Robert De Niro film |
| CASTAWAY | 2000 Robert Zemeckis drama starring Tom Hanks (4,4) |
| PBR | Beverage whose Wikipedia page has a section titled "Peak, decline, and revival" (abbr.) |
| BASTARD | "The ___ Brigade" (2019 book subtitled "The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb") |
| VEIL | What is the title of the US investigative journalist Bob Woodward's 1987 book, subtitled The Secret Wars of the CIA? (4) |
| SPUTNIK | Subject of the 2001 book subtitled "The Shock of the Century" |
| WAUGH | Schoolmaster-turned-satirical novelist who penned A Handful of Dust and the book subtitled The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder (5) |
| FASTFOODNATION | 2003 book subtitled "The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" |
| YELTSIN | First President of the Russian Federation, 1991-1999, after the collapse of the Soviet Union (7) |
| HALEY | Author with a book subtitled "The Saga of an American Family" |
| WIRED | Bob Woodward book subtitled "The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi" |
| SILENCE | Thich Nhat Hanh book subtitled "The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise" |
| TRUSTINME | Song from the 1967 Walt Disney film The Jungle Book subtitled The Python's Song |
| LARA | Book subtitled "The Untold Love Story and the Inspiration for Doctor Zhivago" |
