| THEMUSICMAN | Meredith Willson musical, filmed in 1962, with a signature song linking the number and theme of this puzzle |
| ARTFORUM | Magazine that debuted in 1962, with a cover featuring a Jean Tinguely kinetic sculpture |
| AKINDOFLOVING | Stan Barstow novel filmed in 1962 with Alan Bates (1,4,2,6) |
| RAGUSA | Joplin song linking America with an old Adriatic town (6) |
| PAJAMA | 'The --- Game', musical filmed in 1957 with Doris Day (6) |
| OKLAHOMA | Rodgers and Hammerstein musical filmed in 1955 (8) |
| METRE | Pattern of rhythm of a piece of poetry, determined by the number and length of feet in a line (5) |
| BATMAN | "The Caped Crusader", and theme of this puzzle, who's sidekick is named after a type of bird |
| BEEGEE | Member of a '60s trio, and theme of this puzzle |
| LOVECONNECTION | "You gave my life direction, a game show ____, we can't deny" (Train lyric, and theme of this puzzle) |
| BOSS | ___ of Me 2001 song by They Might Be Giants and theme song of the family sitcom Malcolm in the Middle |
| ASTRANGELOOP | 2022 Best Musical Tony winner, and theme of this puzzle |
| CHEMICALFORMULA | Scientific notation to show the number and type of atoms present in a molecule (8,7) |
| GAMESEVEN | Playoff series finale ... or an apt title for this puzzle considering the number and length of its theme entries |
| CHICKENDINNER | Country-fried feast, and theme of this puzzle |
| CIRCLEINTHESQUARE | Noted New York City theater (and theme of this puzzle) |
| TOAST | Diner "raft," and theme of this puzzle |
| JOHNDIEFENBAKER | Canada's 13th PM and theme of this puzzle |
| ADENAUER | German statesman (and theme of this puzzle) |
| EXTRAEXTRAEXTRA | Newspaper lad's shout, years ago (and theme of this puzzle) |
