| JAMIELYNN | Spears who will be joining "Dancing With the Stars" for Season 32, as announced yesterday |
| MERYL | With 15-Across: Somewhat famous actress who will be joining the cast of "Only Murders in the Building" for Season 3 |
| MRAZ | Singer Jason who came in second on Season 32 of "Dancing with the Stars" |
| HELLBENT | Determined that chap will be joining conservationists (4-4) |
| BRITNEY | Singer Spears who began her career as a child actor and was a part of The All-New Mickey Mouse Club |
| MIRA | With 14-Across, Oscar-winning actress who'll be appearing on Season 32 of 22-Across, as reported this week |
| CHAKA | *Khan who will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Brooklyn on Nov. 3, as announced yesterday; other entries with an asterisk will be inducted as well |
| AIDEM | "Prayer for the French Republic" actress Betsy, who was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, as announced yesterday |
| TED | Danson who will receive the Carol Burnett Award at the Golden Globes on Jan. 5th, as announced yesterday |
| ASTRONOMER | One of those out watching the stars for The Observer who presumably won't look at The Sun? (10) |
| HACKS | One of the eight nominees for Outstanding Comedy Series at the 76th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards this fall, as announced yesterday; keep solving to find out the other seven! |
| JEFFPROBST | "Survivor" host (for the past 25 years!) who announced yesterday that the 50th season will premiere in February of 2026 |
| JONSTEWART | Former "Daily Show" star who is returning to host every Monday between now and the election, as announced yesterday |
| FARAWAYPLACES | What the travellers might be looking for from The Sun and The Star, for instance (7,6) |
| KILL | "The Things You ___" (film nominated in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, which will be held Jan. 23-Feb. 2; entrants were announced yesterday) |
| HOROSCOPE | Oh! Cooper's got a way of approaching the stars for it (9) |
| NIGHTOFTOO | Amusingly named semi-annual autism fundraiser to be hosted by Jon Stewart in New York City on March 31st, as announced yesterday |
| THEENDOFAN | "___ Era" (six part docuseries of Taylor Swift's recent tour whose episodes will start dropping on Dec. 13th, as announced yesterday) |
| PROVIDENCE | The stars for a port, that's capital? (10) |
| ETS | Visitors from the stars, for short |
