| ITENDSWITHUS | 2024 box-office hit based on a Colleen Hoover novel ... whose title is a "spoiler" for 20-, 28-, 39-, and 47-Across |
| ITENDS | With 13-Across, 2024 movie based on a Colleen Hoover novel |
| RUST | A spoiler for guns is a bit frustrating (4) |
| GETCRACKING | Order appropriate for 20-, 28- and 44-Across? |
| THETHORNBIRDS | 1983 miniseries based on a Colleen McCullough novel starring Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward: 3 wds. |
| BACHELOROFARTS | Common college degree, whose abbreviation is a hint to 20-, 28-, 39- and 48-Across |
| ENDS | "It ___ with Us" (2016 Colleen Hoover novel) |
| ALLOVERTHEMAP | Wildly diverse, and where you'll find the ends of 20-, 28-, 39- and 47-Across |
| DRAGON | 1963 Peter, Paul and Mary hit based on a poem by Leonard Lipton (4,3,5,6) |
| PUFFTHEMAGIC | 1963 Peter, Paul and Mary hit based on a poem by Leonard Lipton (4,3,5,6) |
| OMOO | 1847 novel whose title is a Polynesian term for a rover |
| KINGTUT | 1978 novelty hit based on a historical person |
| MATILDA | Broadway hit based on a Roald Dahl book |
| OYECOMOVAULT | Santana hit based on a bank? |
| SPAMALOT | 2005 Broadway hit based on a 1974 film |
| AIDA | 2000 Broadway hit based on a Verdi opera |
| MAUS | Pulitzer-winning graphic novel whose title is German for "mouse" |
| ERAGON | 2003 fantasy novel whose title is one letter different from a fantasy creature |
| STEPUP | 2006 box office hit for Channing Tatum & Jenna Dewan (2 words) |
| TEN | Box-office hit for Bo Derek |
