| ORSONWLLES | Film director who said "I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time" |
| GANGER | The mob has always to get water (6) |
| WESCR | Director who said "Horror films don't create fear. They release it" |
| OPINE | Think an individual gets sanctimonious inside (5) |
| ISOLATO | Person who's out of step with society |
| EPSTEIN | Jewish sculptor out of step with a German (7) |
| ANARCHIST | Disorderly person thinks an arch is trendy (9) |
| SPOIL | Damage sides of step with greasy substance? (5) |
| TEDLASSO | TV coach who said, "I think I literally have a better understanding of who killed Kennedy than I do what is offside" |
| NICK | "Big Mouth" character who said, "I think I thought I was, like, a Big Dick boy" |
| RENE | Descartes, who said, "I think, therefore I am" |
| PAVAROTTI | Famous tenor who once said, 'I think a life for music is well spent, and that is what I have devoted myself to' |
| PETS | The little darlings may be out of step (4) |
| PRIESTS | Good men, but they may be out of step, sir! (7) |
| BREATH | An artist has to draw it to live! (6) |
| ICHIRO | Baseball star who reportedly said, "I think there's a sexiness in infield hits" |
| TUFT | Be it carpet pile, golden toffish tassel threads, hair, hay or the grassy crest of a hilly tump, the meaning of this word has always revolved around the idea of a bunch or clump (4) |
| BEVERAGE | Word for a cup of tea or perhaps a cocktail to clink, but its core has always meant "something to drink" (8) |
| CONSTABLE | An artist has to study horses (9) |
| CARAVAN | In an Irish county, an artist has a mobile home |