| CAITLINCLARK | Indiana Fever star (... letters 1, 5, 6, 7 and 12) |
| ROCKYMOUNTAINS | Denver backdrop (letters 4-5, 6-7 and 12-13) |
| ALPHA | Star letter written in Greek |
| FANMAIL | Star's letters from admirers (3,4) |
| TRAVOLTA | Saturday Night Fever star |
| AEIOU | Noteworthy features of rows 1-5, 6-10 and 11-15, in that order |
| OBRIEN | An initially trusted Thought Police member in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1'5) (6) |
| CHRISTMASPIE | Mincemeat dessert (... letters 1, 2, 4, 7 and 12) |
| CHICKENTHIGHS | Some coq au vin ingredients (... letters 1, 5 and 6) |
| SCRATCHTICKETS | Cards to scrape (... letters 1, 5, 9, 10, 11 and 14) |
| FILLYOURPOCKETS | Make a bundle (letters 1-5) |
| TEALEAVES | They're read in tasseography (letters 1-5, minus 2) |
| FISHTACOS | Mexican foods that may be topped with a slaw (... letters 1-5) |
| ONSIMMER | *"Killer whale," e.g. (... letters 1-5) |
| TASTIEST | *"They just want to see how we'll react" (... letters 1-5) |
| MAINEVENT | Fight card highlight (...letters 1-5, minus letter 3) |
| MINUSCULE | Teeny-tiny (... letters 1-5 in this answer) |
| MARYMAGDALENE | *Woman of the New Testament (... letters 1-5) |
| ROMANTICCOMEDY | Movie with a meet-cute (... letters 6-7 and 11-12) |
| BECONCISE | Short order? (... letters 1-5) |
