| ALTEREDCARBON | 2018 cyberpunk Netflix series based on a 2002 novel ... and what you'll find in three of this puzzle's answers |
| AFTERMATH | 2017 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, based on a 2002 mid-air collision over Germany (9) |
| CLIMBINGGYM | Facility for indoor scaling, and what you'll find in 3-, 9-, 20- and 36- |
| DEADAIR | A 2002 novel by Iain Banks about a radio DJ |
| DOUBLEDUTCH | Sport that's the title of a 2002 novel by Sharon M. Draper |
| RAISINGTHEFLAG | Activity depicted in a famous 2/23/1945 photograph ... and in three of this puzzle's answers |
| OGDENNASH | Humorist on a 2002 stamp |
| STRETCHGOAL | Crowdfunding target, and what can be found in three of this puzzle's answers |
| AHATONAHAT | One joke that's ineffectually layered atop another, in comedy lingo . . . and what you'll find in this puzzle's circled letters |
| ADOZENROSES | Bunch for one's honey, and what you'll find in this puzzle's answer |
| ANNEWITHANE | 2017-2019 Netflix series based on a 1908 novel about a high-spirited orphan girl: 4 wds. |
| ONCEUPONATIME | Storybook starter, and what you'll find three instances of in this puzzle |
| THESECRETGARDEN | Classic children's novel, and what to look for in this puzzle's three other longest answers |
| BROKENBONES | *Orthopedist's concerns ... and what you'll find in two parts in the answers to the starred clues |
| VEGGIES | Salad fixings ... and what you'll find aptly hidden in puzzle rows 4, 6 and 10 |
| SHARPOBJECTS | HBO miniseries based on a Gillian Flynn novel ... and what the starred clues' answers are? |
| SPICESUP | Adds some excitement to ... and what you'll find in the starred clues' answers? |
| IRONFIST | New Netflix series, based on a Marvel comic, that stars Finn Jones: 2 wds. |
| SHES | "___ Gotta Have It" (Netflix series based on the Spike Lee film of the same name) |
| PUTONICE | Allow to chill ... and what you'll find seven times in this puzzle |
