| TONIMORRISON | American author, born Chloe Ardelia Wofford in 1931, who died earlier this month (4,8) |
| NORMANLLOYD | "Saboteur" and "Dead Poets Society" actor who died earlier this month at age 106 |
| TONI | US novelist, born Chloe Ardelia Wofford, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993 (4) |
| MORRISON | US novelist, born Chloe Ardelia Wofford, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993 (8) |
| KIRK | _ Douglas, Michael Douglas's film legend father who died earlier this year aged 103 (4) |
| TIMEMAGAZINE | Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was named Person of the Year by this institution earlier this month |
| MEGANRAPINOE | She won the Golden Ball earlier this month as the best player in the 2019 Women's World Cup |
| BRENDEL | Alfred ?, classical pianist born in 1931 who was made an honorary KBE in 1989 (7) |
| DEWEY | US librarian (1851-1931) who devised an eponymous decimal system of library classification (5) |
| MELVIL | US librarian (1851-1931) who devised an eponymous decimal system of library classification (6) |
| PATRICKREED | American golfer who won the Masters earlier this month (7,4) |
| DAVID | Spade who bought a $14 million mansion in the Hollywood Hills earlier this month |
| FTX | Cryptocurrency exchange that plummeted in value earlier this month; you can see it happening in the theme entries |
| PREDECEASED | Died earlier than |
| OBDURATE | Stubborn, he died earlier than expected crossing desert |
| DAYSOFOURLIVES | The entire cast of this soap opera, which premiered in 1965, were released from their contracts earlier this month, prompting fears of cancellation |
| POMPEII | Earlier this month, a Canadian woman returned artifacts she'd stolen in 2005 from this historic Italian site, claiming they had cursed her with bad luck ever since |
| SOUTHERNOCEAN | Body of water officially recognized by the National Geographic Society earlier this month; its four cousins are found north of it in this puzzle (and on a globe) |
| MANIFESTO | *Earlier this month, Italy's prime minister supported a new bill banning the use of English in official communications; this English word meaning "strong statement of beliefs" comes from Italian, as d |
| COLEPALMER | English attacking midfielder who scored his first senior hattrick in Chelsea's 4-3 comeback victory against Manchester United earlier this month (4,6) |
