| CENTURYCYCLE | Series of 10 plays by 14-Across including Fences and The Piano Lesson that chronicle life in Black America over a 100-year span: 2 wds. |
| SAVABLE | What can be preserved in black - a bible (7) |
| KAREN | Carpenter who sang in black a renegade |
| STEEPLECHASES | Horse races, such as the Aintree's Grand National, set over a course including fences, ditches and o |
| ESPN | Top 10 Plays place |
| MISCANTHUS | Genus of 1 and 7 across, including the so-called 'maiden 7 across'! (11) |
| FISHANDCHIPSHOP | Takeaway all of 9 across including group with no leader for Nick (4,3,4,4) |
| AUGUSTWILSON | Playwright whose Fences and The Piano Lesson won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1987 and 1990: 2 wds. |
| PLAYS | "Fences" and "The Piano Lesson" |
| MARINER | The name for any of a series of ten uncrewed U.S. space probes sent to the vicinities of Venus, Mars, and Mercury between 1962 and 1973. The first was launched July 22, 1962, but was destroyed shortly |
| RISOTTO | "How to Cook the Perfect ___" (episode of "How to with John Wilson" that chronicles the beginning of the pandemic) |
| NIGHT | Day for ___ 1973 Oscar-winning film directed by Francois Truffaut that chronicles the production of a movie |
| TRIUMPHOFTHEWILL | English title for the 1935 film by Leni Riefenstahl that chronicles the 1934 Nazi Party Congress in Nuremberg |
| PULITZERPRIZE | Award that 14-Across won twice for Fences and The Piano Lesson: 2 wds. |
| VIOLA | Actress Davis of Fences and The Woman King |
| ISAACBELL | Early 20th-century detective in a series of ten novels by Clive Cussler |
| FILM | "Salaam Dunk" is a 2011 documentary ___ that chronicles the lives of an Iraqi women's basketball program |
| WILSON | August ?, Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner for The Piano Lesson and Fences |
| ROUGEETNOIR | From the French meaning "red and black", a form of solitaire (5,2,4) |
| KANDI | _ Burruss, US producer and actress; 2023 Tony Award nominee for August Wilson's The Piano Lesson (5) |
