| BLACKDOG | Taylor Swift song on "The Tortured Poets Department" that's rumored to be about 14-Across; however, 14-Across denies he's ever set foot in the London tavern the song is named after |
| OUTOFTHEWOODS | Song from Taylor Swift's "1989" that is rumored to be about Harry Styles: 4 wds. |
| LSD | Drug that the song Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds is rumored to be about: Abbr. |
| IAMSTILL | Preceded by 14-Across: documentary about 14-Across that hits theaters on September 18th |
| MOMMIEDEAREST | 1981 biographical melodrama about 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| DID | "How ___ It End?" (Taylor Swift song from "The Tortured Poets Department") |
| FIRST | Like the track "Fortnight" on the album "The Tortured Poets Department" |
| ALBUM | The Tortured Poets Department is the title of the UK's bestselling one in 2024 (5) |
| SWIFT | Taylor _, singer whose latest album is The Tortured Poets Department (5) |
| SIN | "Guilty as ___?" (song from "The Tortured Poets Department") |
| FORTNIGHT | First chart-topping hit from The Tortured Poets Department (9) |
| TAYLORSWIFT | The Tortured Poets Department artist |
| TORTURED | "The ___ Poets Department" (Swift's next album, which will drop on April 19th, as she announced during her acceptance speech (!) for winning Album of the Year last night) |
| POETS | "The Tortured ___ Department" (record-breaking Taylor Swift album released in April, 2024) |
| CELINEDION | Canadian singer rumored to be performing at the Opening Ceremony of the Summer Olympics tomorrow |
| THEJOYLUCK | "___ Club" (1993 movie, based on an Amy Tan novel, rumored to be getting a long-awaited sequel) |
| JELLYROLL | Country/hip hop singer who's rumored to be the next "American Idol" judge |
| DONT | Ed Sheeran hit rumored to be a diss track about Ellie Goulding |
| GOLDFINGER | James Bond's famed Aston Martin, which he drove in this 1964 film, was stolen from a Florida airport hangar in 1997 and is now rumored to be somewhere in the Middle East |
| HOUR | "Rush ___ 4" (sequel rumored to be in the works) |