| LAWNDARTS | Former picnic game that should've been titled "The Most Dangerous Game" |
| LONGFELLOW | Poet whose Tales of a Wayside Inn, roughly modelled on Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, was originally to be titled The Sudbury Tales (10) |
| IFIHADAHAMMER | Peter, Paul & Mary folk hit that should've been recorded by the Carpenters? |
| POSTULATE | Ask to mail uniform that should've been delivered a while ago (9) |
| EGGTOSS | Classic picnic game that might end with a splat |
| ICEAGE | Film that could've been titled Frozen? |
| HUMANS | Big-game hunting targets in the classic short story "The Most Dangerous Game" |
| LYALL | Gavin ___, author of the action thriller The Most Dangerous Game |
| MCCREA | Joel in 1932's "The Most Dangerous Game" |
| WRAY | Fay of "The Most Dangerous Game" |
| JUMPTHESHARK | "... ___. It's our most dangerous game, and this fierce fish is ready to strike. Only our most acrobatic contestants will survive!" |
| CHRISTOPHWALTZ | Spectre actor nominated for an Emmy for starring in Quibi's Most Dangerous Game: 2 wds. |
| LIAM | Hemsworth in "Most Dangerous Game" |
| GORBALS | Area in Glasgow which during the 1930s was called the most dangerous place in the UK (7) |
| INSECTS | Small, invertebrate creatures, the most dangerous in Mallorca are the pine processionary caterpillars which have toxic hairs on their body that can cause skin or allergic reactions in humans and are p |
| FRONTLINE | In the trenches; the most dangerous position (5,4) |
| EVEREST | Mountain is the most dangerous, except the summit (7) |
| YOUNGSHELDON | Producers of The Big Bang Theory recently announced a forthcoming spin-off to be titled Stuart Fails to Save the Universe; this previous spin-off ended in 2024 after seven seasons and great acclaim |
| OPED | Column that may be titled "Why Dogs Are Better Than Cats" |
| COOKSTRAIT | Body of water considered one of the most dangerous in the world, named after a naval commander (4,6) |
