| NIKOLATESLA | Croatia was approved this month as the 20th nation to adopt the euro as its currency; what Croatian-born inventor was played by Ethan Hawke in a 2020 biopic? |
| CROATIA | (GKN) Most recent country to adopt the euro as its currency, replacing the kuna on 1 January 2023 (7) |
| MEGANRAPINOE | She won the Golden Ball earlier this month as the best player in the 2019 Women's World Cup |
| MARTINIQUE | E. Caribbean isle with the Euro as its currency |
| GOLDENBALL | What MVP honor did Luka Modric win when Croatia was runner-up at 2018's World Cup? |
| TYPE | With 14-Across: Mariah Carey song released last month as the lead single to her new album, which drops on Sept. 26th (as she posted on Instagram yesterday) |
| TWICEAYEAR | Every six months, as the equinox occurs? (5,1,4) |
| KURTCOBAIN | Late singer whose daughter, Francis Bean, married 22-Across's son earlier this month, as first reported this week |
| TONYHAWK | Skateboarder whose son, Riley, married 12-Across's daughter earlier this month, as first reported this week |
| MALDIVES | With the coconut palm as its national tree, island nation that once used cowrie shells as its currency (8) |
| PATRIOTACT | Russ Feingold was the "nay" vote when the Senate approved this 2001 legislation 98-1 |
| ANGOLA | African country with the kwanza as its currency unit (6) |
| ETHIOPIA | African country that has the birr as its currency unit (8) |
| PERU | Country that has the nuevo sol as its currency (4) |
| INDIA | Large country with the rupee as its currency (5) |
| EGYPT | Country using the pound as its currency (5) |
| TAKESON | Assumes the responsibility to adopt the boy (5,2) |
| SEMAGLUTIDE | What drug was approved for use by the Scottish Medicines Consortium for weight loss in October? (11) |
| OLDFOGY | One who's late to adopt the latest |
| COLORTV | Invention that prompted NBC to adopt the peacock logo |
