| MILITARY | Recent movie about soldiers' singing spouses (8,5) |
| WIVES | Recent movie about soldiers' singing spouses (8,5) |
| LLIHHTIAF | Tim McGraw's singing spouse |
| FAITHHILL | Tim McGraw's singing spouse |
| PHAT | Neologistic acronym in recent movie script |
| ANGRYBIRDS | Touchscreen game franchise made into a recent movie (5,5) |
| SHES | "___ Out of My League"; recent movie for Jay Baruchel |
| THE | Where ___ Crawdads Sing (recent movie) |
| COLMAN | Olivia _, star of recent movie Empire Of Light (6) |
| ONION | "Glass ___" (Beatles song for which a recent movie was named) |
| LUKE | Actor Evans of the recent movie Good Grief |
| LOGAN | Most recent movie with Hugh Jackman as Wolverine |
| ALDA | Alan whose most recent movie is Marriage Story |
| LADYBIRD | Beetle considered a gardener's ally; an imprint of illustrated books for children; or, as two words, a recent movie based on a mother-daughter relationship (8) |
| JUMPSTREET | Road in the title of an old Johnny Depp television show and recent movie |
| PIRATES | ...while actor Bill Nighy costarred with many ___ in two recent movies |
| FUNDAMENTALLY | At bottom of kitty, a record about soldiers |
| STORMTROOPERS | Reports most agitating about soldiers, assault forces (5,8) |
| IRAQ | Intelligence about soldiers in recent warzone |
| AMENDMENT | Notice about soldiers, then others, having time to change |
