| ESKIL | Norwegian born co-writer Vogt of this year's Sentimental Value (2025) which centers around family dynamics (anagram of LIKES) |
| TOMANDJERRY | Popular comedy slapstick cartoon series which centers around the rivalry between a cat and a mouse: 3 wds. |
| HOWGREENWAS | 1941's Best Picture (famously winning over Citizen Kane), which centers on a miners' strike in Wales |
| MYVALLEY | 1941's Best Picture (famously winning over Citizen Kane), which centers on a miners' strike in Wales |
| THEREPAIRSHOP | BBC show in which faded items of sentimental value are given new life |
| ADOLFHITLER | Austrian born co-founder of the National Socialist German Workers' Party and author of Mein Kampf (5 |
| BOYESEN | A Norwegian-born US writer, whose realistic urban novels include The Mammon of Unrighteousness (1891), and The Social Strugglers (1893)? (7) |
| WICKEDCITY | ABC's new procedural drama, which in its first season, centers around a serial murder case in Los An |
| ARONIAN | Identify the surname of this chess player from USA who won both Rapid and Blitz titles in Saint Louis in August 2025 which is part of the Grand Chess Tour. (7) |
| WEAPONSHOPSOFISHER | The ___ ___ ___ ___ (1951 sci-fi novel by Canadian writer A.E. van Vogt) |
| ISHER | 1951 sci-fi novel by Canadian author A.E. van Vogt, The Weapon Shops of ___ |
| JANSTENERUD | Norwegian-born kicker in the Hall of Fame |
| HALAS | John ?, Hungary-born co-director of 1954 animated film Animal Farm (5) |
| CLAYPOT | Pile of chips for "A Star Is Born" co-star Andrew Dice? |
| SEINFELD | 1989-1998 NBC sitcom that centers around a comedian and his friends |
| BIKINI | Bad start for those ones around family worn out on beach (6) |
| NVIDIA | Tech company with a $5 trillion valuation, as of October 2025 (which is made up of three U.S. state postal codes) |
| KEEPSAKE | Something of sentimental value (8) |
| TOKEN | Something of sentimental value (5) |
| RELIC | Something of sentimental value (5) |
