| JASONMOMOA | He'll play the lead character in 12-Across when it comes out in November 2027, as announced this week |
| PIPER | He'll play the piano when I get through with it (5) |
| LORI | With 14-Across: Actress who will return to 23-Across after a 7-season hiatus in 2027, as announced on Monday |
| RETIRE | Take to half of those characters in 12 across or give up working (6) |
| MOLTENROCK | It might be underground now, but it's going to be hot when it comes out |
| STOLEN | It may be hot when it comes out of the Solent (6) |
| RINK | Edge suffers same fate as 12 across when skating there? |
| NOONTIMES | Midday English newspaper doesn't have the descriptions of when it comes out (9) |
| BANANAMAN | Don't allow an article on island character in 12 (9) |
| URETHRA | Divers are hurt getting out of this wee channel (7) |
| MYERS | Michael, fictional masked character in 12 Halloween films (5) |
| ASIDE | Apart from this wee word to the audience... (5) |
| DOLLSPRAM | Ken's girlfriend gets carried along by this wee bit about new polls (4'1,4) |
| VIOLINIST | He'll play along with it but he demands that strings are attached! (9) |
| BANJO | Please no jab! He'll play up? |
| TURNA | (& 12-across) When reporters give a Venetian the spin I pretend not to see (4,1,5,3) |
| DAHLIA | Revolutionary possessed by middle child in American city - it comes out in the summer (6) |
| BATEMAN | Actor who plays the lead character in the series Ozark, Jason - (7) |
| EXPLOREMORES | Early this month, the Girl Scouts announced this new cookie variety, the organization's first in two years |
| SARAH | Who, in 1899, became one of the few women to play the lead in Hamlet? (5,9) |
