| ELLE | Fashion magazine whose title is the same forward and backward |
| PORTLAND | Top 10 Drake song whose title is the same as an Oregon city, from his 2017 playlist "More Life" |
| TOMATOES | 1991 film whose title is the first three words of a novel by Fannie Flagg, whose full title also has 'at the Whistle Stop Cafe' (5,5,8) |
| FRIEDGREEN | 1991 film whose title is the first three words of a novel by Fannie Flagg, whose full title also has 'at the Whistle Stop Cafe' (5,5,8) |
| JOHNNYHART | Creator of the classic comic strip whose title is the initials of the *clue answers |
| SEVENTEEN | Young women's magazine whose title is also a number |
| WEST | June on the ___ Coast 1998 song by Bright Eyes whose title is the opposite of east |
| ULYSSES | 1833 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, whose title is the Roman name for the Greek hero Odysseus (7) |
| AMOR | Ricky Martin song whose title is the Spanish word for "love" |
| LALLEGRO | Milton poem whose title is "the happy man" in Italian |
| ISIS | Bob Dylan song whose title is the name of a goddess |
| ROPE | 1948 Hitchcock thriller whose title is the murder weapon (4) |
| BELLEDEJOUR | Bunuel film whose title is the name given to Catherine Deneuve's character by Madame Anaïs |
| MARQUIS | The title is "The French Who Invaded the Planet" (7) |
| SASSY | 1990s teen magazine whose title means impertinent |
| DUKE | The highest hereditary male title is the intermediate class of edible cherry, set between sweet dessert and 'sour' culinary cherries (4) |
| UPTOWNGIRL | Supermodel Christie Brinkley's autobiography hit the shelves on April 29; its title is the name of a hit song by her ex-husband Billy Joel, in whose video she starred |
| FRANKENSTEIN | 1818 novel whose alternate title is 'The Modern Prometheus' |
| HEADING | The title is 'The Way to Go' (7) |
| CAMBRIDGE | The Prince of Wales' other title is the Duke of _ (9) |
