| THETURN | See 19 Across & 21 Across. "The Propeller's Rotation" - Henry James's famous story (3,4,2,3,5) |
| SCREW | See 5 Dn; "The Propeller's Rotation" - Henry James's famous story (3,4,2,3,5) |
| OFTHE | See 5 Dn; "The Propeller's Rotation" - Henry James's famous story (3,4,2,3,5) |
| CROSBY | (and 19 across and 21 across and 4 down) Folk rock supergroup famous for its harmonies (6) |
| TRANSFORA | Route from Viminal to 21, across the (imperial) forums |
| IFYOUWANTATHING | (and 15 across and 19 across and 21 across and 18 down) Proverb suggesting that it is best not to rely on others to accomplish tasks (15) |
| KRUSTY | With 21-Across, "The Simpsons" character who is a children's TV host |
| CUTHBERTS | Marilla and Matthew (Anne lives on the Prince Edward Island farm of these siblings in Lucy Maud Montgomery's famous story) |
| LADY | Nicole Kidman played heiress Isabel Archer in the 1996 film adaptation of Henry James's novel, The P |
| WESTSIDE | Famous story we associate with non-U studies surprisingly (4,4) |
| ILLE | Winnie ___ Pu (1960 version in Latin of A.A. Milne's famous story) |
| THE | Famous story by Charles Kingsley, subtitled A Fairy Tale for a Land-baby (3,5,6) |
| WATERBABIES | Famous story by Charles Kingsley, subtitled A Fairy Tale for a Land-baby (3,5,6) |
| PHILEASFOGG | In a famous story, who was Passepartout's master? (7,4) |
| KARENINA | National Ballet of Canada's current 2025 production based on Leo Tolstoy's famous story, Anna ___ |
| ISABEL | ____ Archer, title character in Henry James's novel The Portrait Of A Lady (6) |
| SCREWS | TURNS THE PROPELLERS |
| TURN | Tools to make the propellers go round? (4,6) |
| AFT | Toward the propellers |
| PADDLES | Quietly stupefies the propellers (7) |
