| NWA | Rap group chronicled in "Straight Outta Compton" |
| OSHEA | Jackson Jr. who portrayed his father in "Straight Outta Compton" |
| NEILBROWN | _ _ Jr., starred in Straight Outta Compton (4,5) |
| EAZYE | Rapper played by Jason Mitchell in "Straight Outta Compton" |
| ALDIS | Hodge who plays MC Ren in "Straight Outta Compton" |
| DRDRE | Rapper played by Corey Hawkins in "Straight Outta Compton" |
| NEILBROWNJR | "SEAL Team" costar who played DJ Yella in "Straight Outta Compton": 3 wds. |
| MCREN | N.W.A member portrayed by Aldis Hodge in "Straight Outta Compton" |
| XEROX | Company chronicled in David Owen's 'Copies in Seconds' |
| LOVELL | Author who wrote about Beryl Markham in Straight on Till Morning, Jane Digby in A Scandalous Life and Maxine Elliott in The Riviera Set (6) |
| DRILLMASTER | This instructor in military parade-ground discipline could also be expert in sowing seeds in straight lines! (11) |
| SAGA | Novel in which the generations of a family are chronicled in a long narrative |
| ENRON | Collapsed company chronicled in the 2005 documentary subtitled "The Smartest Guys in the Room" |
| MONEYBALL | Oakland once had teams in all four major sports leagues; its last one, the A's, who were chronicled in this 2011 Brad Pitt movie, played their final game there on Sept.26(They won!) |
| LAWRENCE | British Army officer, archaeologist, diplomat and writer whose experiences chronicled in Seven Pillars of Wisdom were revealed in a film (8) |
| ALTAMONT | 1969 rock concert site chronicled in "Gimme Shelter" |
| OED | Ref. work chronicled in "The Professor and the Madman" |
| NSA | Secretive org. chronicled in "The Puzzle Palace" |
| BOYCE | Young spy chronicled in The Falcon and the Snowman, Christopher ___ |
| RAVE | Type of party chronicled in Mixmag |
