| MATEWAN | Site of coal-mining unrest in 1920s West Virginia (also, a 1987 John Sayles film) |
| CANTBUYMELOVE | 1964 Beatles song whose title was also a 1987 teen comedy: 4 wds. |
| MEADOWBEAUTY | Low-growing plant of North America of the genus Rhexia with pink or purple flowers such as the Virginia -, also called handsome Harry (6,6) |
| EIGHT | John Sayles film about the 1919 World Series in baseball (5,3,3) |
| MENOUT | John Sayles film about the 1919 World Series in baseball (5,3,3) |
| EIGHTMENOUT | John Sayles film about the 1919 World Series in baseball (5,3,3) |
| INISH | 'The Secret of Roan ---', 1994 John Sayles film (5) |
| VIIIMENOUT | 1988 John Sayles film, in Rome? |
| SUNSHINESTATE | 2002 John Sayles film featuring Angela Bassett and Edie Falco (8,5) |
| SLAGHEAP | Help a gas conversion with a pile of coal-mining waste (4,4) |
| STETIENNE | The capital of France’s Loire department, a former major centre of coal-mining |
| RUHR | Region of coal mining and heavy industry in western Germany (4) |
| PLANESTRAINS | 1987 John Hughes film starring Steve Martin and John Candy (6,6,3,11) |
| ANDAUTOMOBILES | 1987 John Hughes film starring Steve Martin and John Candy (6,6,3,11) |
| WINTER | Term for a period of unrest in the UK in 1978-79 (6,2,10) |
| OFDISCONTENT | Term for a period of unrest in the UK in 1978-79 (6,2,10) |
| THEDEAD | 1987 John Huston film based on a James Joyce story |
| STAKEOUT | 1987 John Badham film comedy starring Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez (8) |
| CROONER | Singer of popular songs in a low, intimate style developed by radio performers in 1920s America (7) |
| MILLIE | Thoroughly Modern _: 1967 musical film about a girl looking for a rich husband in 1920s New York (6) |
