| NYONGO | Actress Lupita of the movie based on this puzzle's hero |
| BOSEMAN | Actor Chadwick who plays this puzzle's hero on the big screen |
| ASTER | Flos propter similitudinem stellae nominatus? Add nine for our puzzle's hero |
| OUTCAST | Carol Reed directed Trevor Howard in the movie based on a Joseph Conrad novel, ... Of The Islands |
| ESCAPE | Steve McQueen starred in the movie based on a true story about a POW breakout in WWII, The Great ... |
| HORROR | The ..... movie based on Richard O'Brien's 1973 musical (5,6,7,4) |
| ROCKY | The ..... movie based on Richard O'Brien's 1973 musical (5,6,7,4) |
| PICTURE | The ..... movie based on Richard O'Brien's 1973 musical (5,6,7,4) |
| SHOW | The ..... movie based on Richard O'Brien's 1973 musical (5,6,7,4) |
| COPPERMILL | An industrial first in America, built by our puzzle hero in 1801 |
| LEXINGTON | With 48-Across, locales to which our puzzle hero traveled in April 1775 |
| GREEN | One word for the type of energy seen on this puzzle |
| ELIZABETHOFYORK | It is said that the Queen of Hearts on playing cards is based on this Tudor queen (9,2,4) |
| PALAU | The tenth chapter of the Survivor series was based on this small Pacific Ocean nation |
| LIVINGONTHEEDGE | Taking lots of risks ... and a hint to the entries on this puzzle's border |
| RACE | The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination based on this |
| THOUGHNIETZSCHE | START OF A COMMENT ON THIS PUZZLE'S TITLE |
| WALLFLOWERS | Shy sorts, with a hint to the answers on this puzzle's perimeter |
| CLUE | One of 77 on this puzzle |
| DOJACATPEGGYLEE | *Line 1 on this puzzle's mixtape label: "Say So" / "Fever" (Hint: Note the scrambled word in each starred clue's answer) |