| UNDERTHESUN | In this world |
| ONEARTH | In this world |
| GLOBE | Having a ball in this world (5) |
| MICHAELWSMITH | Amy Grant co-wrote his 1991 hit "Place in This World" |
| TYRANT | "The only ___ I accept in this world is the still small voice within me": Gandhi |
| ACADEME | A learner falling short - the first person to go under in this world? (7) |
| IRON | "The ___ Claw" (2023 movie that, if there were justice in this world, would have earned Zac Efron an Oscar nomination) |
| EVIL | "Most of the ___ in this world is done by people with good intentions": T.S. Eliot |
| SANE | "I tell you, in this world, being a little crazy helps to keep you ___": Zsa Zsa Gabor (4) |
| TAXES | "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and ___": Benjamin Franklin |
| DICKENS | Author who said: "No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another" (7) |
| ART | "Falsehood can hold out against much in this world, but not against ___": Solzhenitsyn |
| HATE | "It has caused a lot of problems in this world, but it has not solved one yet," per Maya Angelou |
| ETS | Out-of-this-world beings, in brief |
| DEARTH | Departs this world in want |
| WEALTH | "I walk this world in ___" (Springsteen line from "Brilliant Disguise") |
| LUNAR | In the end, ran back to university retreat as out of this world (5) |
| SPACEBAR | For those looking for job in wine industry that's out of this world, it's key on first line under 'C |
| STARSHIP | Out-of-this-world craft evident in harpist's playing (8) |
| SPACEWALK | Lick, in message from the lips, for an out-of-this-world experience (9) |
