| HARD | The way one is expected to die, as expressed in the title of a movie released on July 15, 1988, in the U.S., with Bruce Willis as its star |
| YIELDS | How sly to die as he surrenders! (6) |
| RIHANNA | Pop singer born in 1988 in Barbados (7) |
| DOROTHYGALE | Character who, in a movie released nationally 70 years ago today, sang the ballad formed by the firs |
| THEDIRTYDOZEN | Hit movie released on June 15, 1967 ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| THEPOLKAKING | Jack movie released on Netflix in 2018 |
| HOTFROSTY | Lacey Chabert/Dustin Milligan Christmas movie released on Nov. 13th |
| SAUDIARABIA | President Biden raised eyebrows on July 15 by greeting the crown prince of this country with a fist bump instead of a handshake |
| BARBIE | Movie being released on July 21 with Margot Robbie in the title role and Ryan Gosling as -- well, you know |
| CHARACTER | The way one is a bit of a card! (9) |
| TORA | One-third of the title of a movie about 12/7/41 |
| POTTER | Hero Harry of the book series that ended when its final title, involving deathly hallows, was released on July 21, 2007 |
| CRUDE | Unrefined, the way one is told one manned the boat (5) |
| WEIGHBRIDGE | The way one is told to get across the tron (11) |
| NATURE | It's the way one is in the world around us (6) |
| SWITHINS | St ___ Day, celebrated on July 15 in the UK, was believed to predict subsequent weather (8) |
| SIBYLLA | In 1.2, Portia says, "If I live to be as old as ___, I will die as chaste as Diana." |
| FOODCHAIN | One is expected to swallow it to replace China in the natural order of things (4,5) |
| BACK | The film ___ to the Future was released on July 3, 1985. |
| THEAVIATOR | A hot air vet becomes the title of a movie (3,7) |
