| LYTEASAROCK | Influential 1988 hip-hop album whose artist was seventeen at the time of its release |
| TITANIC | At the time of its release, what film was the most expensive ever made, with a $200 million budget? (7) |
| THREEHUNDRED | Article to include on barbarian terror wasting a number under 17 at 18 |
| ENCOUNTER | Meet 17 at bar (9) |
| GARLAND | Judy ___, actress who played Dorothy in the 1939 film of The Wizard Of Oz , which celebrated the 81st anniversary of its release this week (7) |
| ALLI | ___ Want For Christmas is You song by Mariah Carey that topped the charts after 25 years of its release: 2 wds. |
| EPIC | Record label whose artists have included Michael Jackson, George Michael and Rage Against the Machine (4) |
| RAP | Music genre whose artists often have pseudonyms |
| APPLE | Record label whose artists included Badfinger (5) |
| HES | "___ the DJ, I'm the Rapper" (1988 hip-hop album) |
| PEPA | A Salt With a Deadly ___ (1988 hip-hop album) |
| HAVEL | President of Czechoslovakia at the time of its dissolution (6,5) |
| VACLAV | President of Czechoslovakia at the time of its dissolution (6,5) |
| LIVE | Exist / heard or seen at the time of its performance |
| ICET | Artist with the first hip-hop album to carry an explicit content sticker |
| ASANDWHEN | Ann washed about the time of its becoming necessary (2,3,4) |
| FISHBURNE | This actor was only fourteen years old when he won a role in Apocalypse Now - he was seventeen by the time it was shot; Laurence ... |
| WHALE | Marine mammal has the time of its life! |
| SIA | Artist whose "Unstoppable" appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2022, six years after its release |
| KHALEDSABSABI | Which artist was invited to represent Australia at the 2026 Venice Biennale only to have it revoked by the board of Creative Australia? (6,7) |
