| THEFIGHTER | 2017 hit song by 17-Across that was inspired by his relationship with 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| SHEERAN | Ed -------, English singer of 2017 hit song Shape of You (7) |
| STOKER | Author whose character Count Dracula was inspired by his boss Sir Henry Irving (6) |
| HOLST | Trombonist, friend of Cecil Sharp and composer of The Planets whose suite Beni Mora was inspired by his cycling tour of the Algerian Sahara (5) |
| THOUSAND | Death By a ___ Cuts 2019 song by Taylor Swift that was inspired by the film Someone Great |
| ONE | Song by Metallica that was inspired by Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun |
| PROFUMO | John ___, Conservative MP best known for his involvement in a 1963 scandal over his relationship with showgirl Christine Keeler |
| TARON | ___ Egerton, actor playing 16A in the new biopic with a title inspired by his hit 41D (5) |
| BETRAYAL | 1978 play by Harold Pinter inspired by his extramarital affair with BBC presenter Joan Bakewell |
| HELICOPTER | Invention whose successful model was made by Igor Sikorsky that was inspired by the sci-fi novel Clipper of the Clouds by Jules Verne |
| SONGSUNGBLUE | Neil Diamond #1 hit of 1972 that was inspired by a Mozart concerto: 3 wds. |
| TASER | Invention by Jack Cover that was inspired by the Tom Swift sci-fi series by Victor Appleton: Abbr. |
| SPACE | ___ Oddity 1969 song by David Bowie that was inspired by a 1968 Stanley Kubrick film |
| BAD | ___ Moon Rising 1969 song by Creedence Clearwater Revival that was inspired by the film The Devil and Daniel Webster |
| NIGHTMARE | Motorpsycho ___ 1964 song by Bob Dylan that was inspired by the films Psycho and La Dolce Vita |
| DREAM | Moonlight (A Vampire's ___) 2011 song by Stevie Nicks that was inspired by The Twilight Saga series |
| ONLY | 2005 song by Nine Inch Nails that was inspired by the film Fight Club |
| SOMA | Song by The Strokes that was inspired by Aldous Huxley's Brave New World |
| APPRENTICE | Scentless ___ song by Nirvana that was inspired by Patrick Suskind's Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer |
| FURS | Venus In ___ song by The Velvet Underground that was inspired by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's eponymous novel |
