| MENINBLACK | Movie starring Tommy Lee Jones, and a hint to answers to asterisked clues (10) |
| FIELDING | A founder of the Bow Street Runners who wrote Tom Jones and a parody of Richardson's Pamela titled Shamela (8) |
| YORK | Susannah of Tom Jones and A Man for All Seasons (4) |
| FIGUREHEAD | Leader who has little authority, and a hint to answers to asterisked clues (10) |
| BODYDOUBLE | Film stand-in, and a hint to answers to asterisked clues (10) |
| FRACTIONAL | Insignificant, and a hint to answers to the asterisked clues (10) |
| USMARSHALS | 1998 action film starring Tommy Lee Jones and Wesley Snipes (1,1,8) |
| ITFOLLOWS | 2015 horror film starring Maika Monroe, and a hint to answers to asterisked clues (9) |
| THREETIMES | ___ a Lady, song written by Lionel Richie; hint to answers of asterisked clues (10) |
| FLOWERGIRLS | Young female wedding attendants, and a hint to answers to asterisked clues (11) |
| PETSHOPBOYS | UK music duo; or, a hint to answers to asterisked clues (11) |
| TRIPLETHREAT | Actor/singer/dancer, e.g., or a hint to answers to asterisked clues (12) |
| UNDERSIEGE | 1992 action film starring Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey |
| THEBIGAPPLE | NYC, and hint to answers to asterisked clues (3,3,5) |
| SMALLPROPHETS | Mackenzie Crook sitcom, and homophonic hint to answers to asterisked clues (13) |
| YOUREFIRED | The Apprentice slogan, or what might be said to answers of asterisked clues (10) |
| THETHREEWITCHES | Speakers of the opening to Macbeth, and a hint to answers of asterisked clues (15) |
| RESPONSIVE | Ready to answer to persons I've upset (10) |
| ROUNDHERE | Nearby, and a description relevant to answers to asterisked clues (5,4) |
| HITBACK | Retaliate, and a hint to answers of asterisked clues (3,4) |
