| XERS | Group portrayed in "Slacker" and "Reality Bites," familiarly |
| WASPS | Ethnic group portrayed in A. R. Gurney's plays |
| NAVY | School with the slogan "Ex scientia tridens," familiarly |
| OPRAH | Author of "What I Know for Sure," familiarly |
| WINONA | --- Ryder, Reality Bites and Edward Scissorhands actress |
| ETHAN | _ Hawke, Reality Bites and Training Day actor (5) |
| NEPALI | Language in which "Ho" and "Hoina" mean "yes" and "no" |
| WIDEST | Like "h" among "h," "i" and "j" |
| WATT | Unit commonly following "40," "60," "75" and "100" |
| CZECH | Language that gives us "robot," "polka" and "Pilsner" |
| DUTCH | Language that gives us "cookie," "sleigh" and "Santa Claus" |
| JLO | Pop star in the rom-coms "The Wedding Planner" and "Maid in Manhattan" |
| EIEIO | Letters heard after "cow," "pig" and "horse" |
| ELGRECO | He painted "Urban Transport," "Seniors' Test" and "Deadly Gas" (2,5) |
| PFLAG | LGBTQ+ advocacy group mentioned in "Reality Bites" |
| WINONARYDER | Actress who co-starred with Ben Stiller in the 1994 movie Reality Bites (6,5) |
| BENSTILLER | US actor and comedian who made his directorial debut with 1994's Reality Bites (3,7) |
| MTIDA | Sacred peak in the "Iliad" and "Aeneid," for short |
| ILOVE | Words before "New York" and "Paris," in song titles |
| EVER | Word between "happily" and "after" in fairy tales |
