| ANTONINE | Ms. Maillet (Writer born in bouctouche, new brunswick known as 'The Soul of Contemporary Acadian literature') |
| ANTONINEMAILLET | Author called 'The Soul of Contemporary Acadian Literature': 2 wds. |
| TAOS | City known as "The Soul of the Southwest" |
| SOCA | Music genre known as "The Soul of Calypso" |
| IRMA | Thomas known as the "Soul Queen of New Orleans" |
| ROBBIE | Mr. Robertson, Toronto-born member of The Band with the song "Acadian Driftwood" with the line "They call my home the land of snow" |
| BARE | Reveal, as the soul |
| PEERPRESSURE | The forcefulness of contemporary influencers in Dock Speech by Harry (4,8) |
| BEATNIK | A bohemian person in 1950s who rejected the aims of contemporary society (7) |
| ROREM | Ned, U.S. composer of contemporary classical music, born in 1923 (5) |
| EDITH | Ms. Butler, Acadian singer born in Paquetville in New Brunswick |
| CAPSULE | Foil cap on a wine bottle's cork; seedcase of a foxglove, poppy or violet; or, with "time", a cache of items representative of contemporary life, buried for future discovery (7) |
| JANEASHPOITRAS | Fort Chipewyan, Alberta born artist of contemporary mixed media artwork Now We Sundance for Ukraine: 3 wds. |
| CARTIERBRESSON | French photographer who worked only in black and white, aiming to capture spontaneous moments of contemporary life (7-7) |
| PRAGUE | Which city in Europe hosted a 2024 international festival of contemporary circus and theatre? (6) |
| THATCHROOFEDVILLAGE | Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie: "Where is the ___-___ ___, the home of Acadian farmers..." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
| THERIAULT | A.F. ___ & Son Ltd. (Founded-in-1938 Canadian boatyard in the Acadian community of Meteghan, Nova Scotia) |
| CAGE | Pen for writer of contemporary music (4) |
| DANCE | Scandinavian taking in opening of contemporary ballet? |
| TEMPO | The pace of contemporary life (5) |
