| NOCAP | Lil Tjay song in which he gets honest about his past |
| THE | Beat ___ Odds (Lil Tjay song) |
| BRUCEALMIGHTY | Jim Carrey's fantasy comedy film which broke the Memorial Day opening weekend record and in which he gets a chance to be God: 2 wds. |
| WALDHEIM | Two-term UN Secretary-General, later embroiled in controversy about his past service in the Wehrmacht (8) |
| PREHISTORY | Start to pick on politician about his past |
| CALLING | Lil Tjay and 6lack's hit about a persistent ex-lover (7,2,5) |
| MYPHONE | Lil Tjay and 6lack's hit about a persistent ex-lover (7,2,5) |
| HEADCOLD | Snivelling disability with which he gets some aide-de-camp advanced in years (4,4) |
| LIL | Calling My Phone rapper ___ Tjay |
| ORALHISTORY | Rhetoric about Liberal and his past, so to speak |
| REMINISCE | Nice miser forced to revisit his past (9) |
| NEROWOLFE | Fictional armchair detective created by Rex Stout who keeps his past murky: 2 wds. |
| HISTORYISBUNK | Henry buys into risk, after altering his past assessment (7,2,4) |
| MIMIANDMYBIGMOUTH | "La Boheme" song in which Rodolfo regrets saying too much to his lover? |
| ARIA | Song in which black sheep gets shorn (4) |
| CHELSEAMORNING | Song in which Joni Mitchell hears a song outside her window: 2 wds. |
| ABCS | Song in which one professes their knowledge of the song |
| ENOUGH | "In the Heights" song in which Camila finally snaps at her husband and daughter |
| LYRIC | A song in which I cry about being left out (5) |
| ELPASO | Country and western song in which Marty Robbins fell in love with the Mexican beauty, Feleena (2,4) |
