| TRICKSY | Adjective that Gollum uses for "hobbitses," in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| ANDYSERKIS | ... smooth / Actor who provided the voice of Gollum in the "Lord of the Rings" films |
| SERKIS | Actor best known for motion capture roles such as Gollum in leLord of the Rings and Caesar in Planet of the Apes. (6) |
| ANDY | Actor known for his role as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings films, ... Serkis (4) |
| SMEAGOL | Original name of Gollum in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (7) |
| MYPRECIOUS | What Gollum calls the Ring in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| RASPED | Spoke like Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| NATAL | Adjective that refers to birth in one sense and the buttocks in another (5) |
| DEAD | Adjective that might be used hyperbolically at the end of a long day |
| LUNAR | Adjective that relates to the Moon and its revolutions; or, alluding to said natural satellite's apparent argentine shine, the metal silver (5) |
| LIL | Adjective that goes before "Wayne" and "Jon" in rapper names |
| BASE | Form of a noun, pronoun or adjective that indicates its semantic relation to surrounding words ( 4) |
| UNATTACHED | This participle is an adjective that unintentionally modifies the wrong noun (10) |
| WOKEST | Right-wing media adjective that seems to mean "Most understanding of basic human rights" |
| SECONDHAND | Feature of an old clock, or adjective that might describe an old clock |
| TELEGENIC | Adjective that wouldn't apply to one with a "face for radio" |
| BOUGIE | Adjective that follows "classy," in Megan Thee Stallion's "Savage" |
| EXTRAORDINAIRE | Praiseful adjective that follows the noun it modifies |
| RAW | How Gollum eats fish, in "The Two Towers" |
| DAINTY | From "choice morsel, pleasure", a noun for a delicacy such as a little cake or fancy; or, an adjective that means delicately petite and pretty (6) |
