| EIGHTMILE | Movie that won Eminem the Oscar for Best Original Song (yeah, we had to spell the number out since it's a crossword puzzle) |
| FIFTYCENT | "Many Men (Wish Death)" rapper who announced this week that he's working on a TV adaptation of 14-Across (yeah, we had to spell the number out since it's a crossword puzzle) |
| DIVORCE | Dissolution of a union that Tammy Wynette had to spell out (7) |
| USHER | B singer with the 2004 #1 song "Yeah!" |
| NIB | New, innovative biro begins to spell the end of the quill (3) |
| AITCH | How to spell the letter 'H' |
| FIGHTFORYOU | H.E.R. song from Judas and the Black Messiah that won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 2021: 3 wds. |
| SKYFALL | Adele title song from a James Bond movie that won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 2013 |
| ALMOSTTHERE | The Princess and the Frog song that was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song of 2009: 2 wds. |
| ALEXANDRE | ___ Desplat French composer who won the 2018 Oscar for Best Original Score for the film The Shape of Water |
| SHALLOW | Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper song from A Star Is Born that won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 2019 |
| CITYOFSTARS | Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone song from La La Land that won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 2017: 3 wds. |
| GORANSSON | Ludwig ___ Swedish composer who won the 2019 Oscar for Best Original Score for the film Black Panther |
| JUSTINHURWITZ | American composer who won the 2017 Oscar for Best Original Score for the film La La Land: 2 wds. |
| HOWFARILLGO | Moana song that was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song of 2016: 4 wds. |
| INTOTHEUNKNOW | Frozen II song that was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song of 2019: 3 wds. |
| HER | 2013 movie that won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay |
| CHARIOTS | Vangelis won an Oscar for Best Original Score for the movie, ___ of Fire |
| NATKINGCOLE | US singer and jazz pianist whose 'Mona Lisa' won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1950 (3,4,4) |
| ISAAC | US singer-songwriter and actor whose 'Theme from Shaft' won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1972 (5,5) |
