| JANDEBONT | Director of the 1996 blockbuster "Twister," who, along with 17-Across, spoke to Entertainment Weekly for their current cover story about the movie's recent digital remastering |
| HELENHUNT | Star of the 1996 blockbuster "Twister" |
| PETERPIPER | Character in the classic tongue twister who picked a peck of pickled peppers (5,5) |
| CLAY | One type of sediment under 1/16 millimetre, along with 17 Across (4) |
| COMINGBACK | "It's All ___ to Me Now" (song that played as 12-Across spoke about her love for the game) |
| INDEPENDENCEDAY | 1996 blockbuster with the tagline "Don't make plans for August" |
| JET | High flying elite group (along with 17) |
| KAHN | Along with 17 DOWN, one of the creators of the Internet (4) |
| LANG | Singer who appeared on the cover of the first issue of Entertainment Weekly |
| LARSVONTRIER | Director of the 1996 film 'Breaking the Waves' set in the Highlands (12) |
| KNOPFLER | Surname of two brothers who, along with John Illsley and Pick Withers, formed the most successful band of the 1980's (8) |
| ERNESTWALTON | 20th-Century Irish physicist who, along with John Cockcroft, was the first to split the atom (6,6) |
| STVINCENT | Her self-titled album was named the best of 2014 by The Guardian and Entertainment Weekly |
| MASON | Who, along with Jeremiah Dixon, surveyed a line in the US which was considered the dividing line between the North and South? (5) |
| CRICK | Biophysicist Francis (1916-) who, along with James Watson, determined the molecular structure of DNA |
| WILLS | English explorer who, along with Robert Burke, made the first European crossing of Australia, Willia |
| GARGANTUA | Giant who, along with Pantagruel, was the subject of books by Franois Rabelais (9) |
| RITEISH | Bollywood actor who, along with Genelia D'Souza, forms one of the industry's favorite couples.(First Name) (7) |
| KDLANG | Cover subject of the first issue of Entertainment Weekly |
| ELDEST | Sequel to Christopher Paolini's "Eragon" which Entertainment Weekly named "Worst Book of 2005" |
