| LUNIES | Human survivors of an off-world insane asylum, protected by SuperHero, Rocket Raccoon |
| EXOPLANET | Expedition leaders on old aircraft have final attempt to see far-off world (9) |
| WALLACE | George ?, governor of Alabama, survivor of an assassination attempt in 1972, who died in 1998 (7) |
| DEMASDUIT | Real name of Mary March, one of the last known survivors of the Beothuk culture of Newfoundland |
| COOPER | Bradley ___ Nightmare Alley actor who voiced Rocket Raccoon in the 2014 film Guardians of the Galaxy |
| NOAH | Survivor of an ancient flood |
| POINT | That of an off-set hook is twisted to the side (5) |
| ECRU | Expatriate crumpled clothing of an off-white colour (4) |
| NELLIE | Reporter ___ Bly, who feigned madness to gain entry to an insane asylum |
| SADE | Marquis de ___, author who died in an insane asylum (4) |
| PIT | 48's great The Snake ___ had Olivia de Havilland in an insane asylum. |
| PTSD | Condition experienced by many survivors of human rights violations (abbr.) |
| GROOT | Friend of Rocket Raccoon |
| BRADLEY | ___ Cooper, actor who voices Rocket Raccoon in the Guardians films (7) |
| SCREENSAVER | Image of an off-duty PC (6,5) |
| PISA | Site of an off-kilter bell tower |
| ONEACT | Length of an Off-Broadway play, perhaps |
| BATSMAN | Shilling pocketed by superhero, might one be on strike? (7) |
| MAGOG | Gog and ___, in British folklore two giants, the only survivors of a race of giants destroyed by Brutus (5) |
| LOST | It tells the tale of the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 |
