| DAILYPLANET | Newspaper with the headline "Mystery Hero Saves Falling Space Plane" |
| ROSWELL | The place in New Mexico where the UFO crashed (or was it a weather balloon, or falling space junk or |
| OBLIVION | Last of man's 22 20 ___ Russian river hero saves 4 (8) |
| SLEUTH | Mystery hero |
| ONION | Publication with the headline "History Sighs, Repeats Itself," with "The" |
| SECOMANE | Gymnast on Time's August 2, 1976, cover with the headline "She's perfect" |
| COMANECI | Gymnast on Time's August 2, 1976, cover with the headline "She's perfect" |
| STUMPS | Baffles (ABOUT THIS PUZZLE: If you saw the headline "Fiend Found!" you might instantly notice that, between the two words, only the vowels change - the consonants stay put. Okay, if you were me, you'd |
| LOSANGELESTIMES | Newspaper with the motto "Largest Circulation in the West" |
| LOSANGELES | ___ Times American newspaper with the fourth-highest weekday circulation in the country: 2 wds. |
| THEWALLSTREET | ___ Journal American newspaper with the third-highest weekday circulation in the country: 3 wds. |
| THENEWYORK | ___ Times American newspaper with the second-highest weekday circulation in the country: 3 wds. |
| USA | ___ Today (newspaper with the largest circulation in the country) |
| LEADSTORY | Shows the way for politician to be the headline |
| TRIB | Former Big Apple newspaper, with "The" |
| LONDONGAZETTE | Longtime United Kingdom newspaper (with "The") |
| NYT | Newspaper with the most Pulitzers: Abbr. |
| AFTERNOON | PM seen in a newspaper with the Queen and now gone, essentially (9) |
| WAPO | Newspaper with the slogan "Democracy Dies in Darkness," in brief |
| IRISHTIMES | Dublin newspaper with the motto "Trusted journalism since 1859" (5,5) |