| FANDOMS | Subcultures composed of people who are lovers of a certain thing such as a movie or TV series word craze |
| FOURLETTERWORD | What is another term for a bit of strong language (seven of which in the puzzle will help you solve one of the meta answers)? A) Figure of speech | B) Five-dollar word | C) Four-letter word | D) Four- |
| ANGLOPHILE | Lover of a certain country. |
| SWAINS | One is among the cobs, who are lovers (6) |
| ULT | Center of subcultures |
| CREW | Cast and ___ (people who work on a movie or TV show) |
| FILMEDINHALIFAX | Like a movie or TV production with an east Coast setting, maybe: 3 wds. |
| NASAL | First and foremost, nearly all sexists are lovers of Hooters |
| STORYLINE | Plot of movie or TV series episode (9) |
| DRAMA | Serious movie or TV series |
| APPEARING | Performing in movie or TV series (9) |
| RINGSIDE | Go around left for lovers of a good fight (8) |
| COVERSLIP | Lovers of a small picture put it over the bed (9) |
| PATRIOTS | Lovers of a country |
| SNATCH | A swift act or thing, such as a hasty grab or catch; a kidnapping or theft; a quick bite to eat; a brief spell of exertion, sleep, time etc; a fragment of a song or a talk; or, a quibble (6) |
| TRAILER | A tracker; one who dallies, dawdles or lags; a creeping or rambling plant; a caravan, horse box, open cart, part of a lorry etc, towed by a cab, car or a tractor; a preview of a movie; or, a blank seg |
| SUNKEN | A mistletoe root; a US word for a doughnut; an unbuoyant person or thing, such as a weight; or, part of fishing-tackle that, with "hook" and "line", is referenced in a phrase used to mean "completely" |
| PILLAR | A space-occupying substance or thing, such as a present placed in a Christmas stocking, a stem of foliage/greenery incorporated into a bouquet or the tobacco in a cigar (6) |
| PIPING | Tubing or a long tube-like thing, such as fabric-covered cord edging a collar, cuff, curtain, cushion etc; or, a line of buttercream, Chantilly or icing, ornamenting a cake or pudding (6) |
| GIG | Word for a fancy whim, flighty girl or whipping-top originally, later a fast or light thing, such as an elegant sporty one-horse carriage; a machine for raising the nap on cloth; or, a narrow boat for |
