| SAINTOMER | Alice Diop film inspired by a real French court case and by the story of Medea |
| INFRACTION | Breach of law during French court case |
| FUGITIVE | "The ___", 1993 Harrison Ford film inspired by a 1960s TV series (8) |
| JURYOFPEERS | Group that hears a court case and renders a final decision: 3 wds. |
| COCO | Pixar film inspired by a Mexican holiday |
| TRIANGLE | Obtuse type of figure produced poor result in court case and that's key (8) |
| AWAY | Gouge ___ song by rock band Pixies that is inspired by the story of Samson and Delilah |
| VENKY | Salaam _____ (inspired by the story of chess player Kolavennu Venkatesh) |
| MANANDSUPERMAN | Shaw play inspired by the story of Don Juan |
| FORENSIC | Related to court cases and forces in play (8) |
| COLCHIS | In Greek mythology, it was the home of Medea and the destination of the Argonauts, a place of great wealth. In The Merchant of Venice (act 1, scene 1), Bassanio says, "Hang on her temples like a golde |
| CAPITALOFZAIRE | Z (By the way, I made this puzzle in mid-May 1997 when the country was still called this, and by the time the puzzle came out in newspapers just two weeks later, the country's name had been changed. |
| FLEECE | The prize Jason managed to obtain with the help of Medea, the Golden ... |
| SCHWITTERS | Artist who fled Nazi Germany to the Lake District where he sought both refuge and refuse by means of peace and by the found objects or rubbish for his "Merz" collages (10) |
| GAS | It's sold by the gallon in the U.S. and by the liter in Europe |
| NODDING | "When you are old and grey and full of sleep / And ... by the fire" (Yeats) |
| YMCA | Disco classic spelled out with arm motions and by the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| CAPTAINPHILLIPS | 2013 film inspired by the true story of the 2009 Maersk Alabama hijacking (7,8) |
| CO | A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substan |
| APATHY | Lack of interest in anything across the way and by the yard (6) |
