| AYOEDEBIRI | She plays Sydney Adamu on "The Bear" and voices Missy on "Big Mouth" |
| AYO | Edebiri who plays Sydney Adamu on "The Bear" |
| WIIG | Kristen who plays a talking vagina on "Big Mouth" |
| SWAM | Went by sea on big mouth's return (4) |
| EDEBIRI | Sydney Adamu in FX on The Hulu series The Bear (3,7) |
| AESOP | Author of "The Lion, the Bear and the Fox" |
| CLANCY | Tom, U.S. author who wrote the 2000 novel The Bear and the Dragon (6) |
| YESCHEF | Affirmation heard in season two of "The Bear" (and also in real life from "The Bear" viewers) |
| TENNYSON | Alfred ___, author of the poems The Lady of Shalott and Voices in the Mist (8) |
| RYANS | First family in Tom Clancy's thriller "The Bear and the Dragon" |
| AMELIAEARHART | In the morning Charles Lamb beheaded the bear and stag for a lost flier (6,7) |
| GREEN | Actor who plays Scott Evil and voices Howard The Duck (4,5) |
| SETH | Actor who plays Scott Evil and voices Howard The Duck (4,5) |
| SONS | Carmy and Mikey, to Donna Berzatto on The Bear |
| OLIVER | He plays Uncle Jimmy on The Bear, - Platt (6) |
| CURTIS | Jamie Lee ___, actress whose TV credits include The Bear and Scarpetta (6) |
| ILL | State that's home to the Bears and the Bulls: Abbr. |
| ORATORIO | Large-scale musical work United States and northern for orchestra and voices (8) |
| SYD | Carmy's restaurant partner on The Bear for short |
| CHEF | Ayo Edebiri's Emmy-winning role on "The Bear" |