| WHOSHOTJR | Question asked around the world from March 21 to Nov. 21, 1980 |
| NOSPRINGCHECKIN | Sign on the door of a hotel that's closed from March 21 to June 21? |
| WHODONEIT | Apt name of the Nov. 21, 1980, episode of "Dallas" that answered "Who Shot J.R.?" |
| BBORNOTBB | Famous question first asked around 1600 |
| ADAIR | American oil field firefighter who put out spectacular, and disastrous, fires around the world from the 60s to the 90s; 'Red' ... |
| BRUMAIRE | Second month of the French revolutionary calendar, extending from Oct 23 to Nov 21; the month of mist (8) |
| ARIES | Antoinette's guillotined from March 21 - April 19 (5) |
| DODO | Death to the world from one party to the next (4) |
| TORONTO | City where Taylor will play six shows from Nov. 14 to Nov. 23; she'll also play three shows in Indianapolis before that Nov. 1 to Nov. 3 (but Indianapolis is too long a word to fit in this crossword g |
| AHOUSEDIVIDED | Name of the "Dallas" episode aired March 21, 1980 |
| BARADANIKTO | Alien words that save the world from Gort in The Day the Earth Stood Still |
| SHANGRILA | A happy land isolated from the world, from the novel 'Lost Horizon' (7-2) |
| SATELLITE | Device used to capture images of various regions of the world from the International Space Station. (9) |
| SUPERHERO | Comically speaking, saves the world from the station and is a shinning example (9) |
| LOUIS | Joe ___, US boxer; heavyweight champion of the world from 1937 to 1949 (5) |
| PETRONASTOWERS | Twin skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur; the tallest buildings in the world from 1998-2004 (8,6) |
| CHILE | Longest country in the world from N to S |
| FRAZIER | Joe ___ (1944-2011), Heavyweight Champion of the World from 1970 to 1973 (7) |
| ATWAR | The World, from 1939 to 1945: Two words. |
| FRANKEL | The highest-rated racehorse in the world from May 2011 (7) |