| EARLYAUGHTS | They witnessed the rise of the blogosphere and reality TV |
| ARIANNA | Big name in the blogosphere |
| SOYA | Said they witnessed second person casually replace meat with this |
| UUORLDUUIDEUUEB | Blogosphere backdrop |
| RUSSIANREVOLUTION | Conflict that heralded the end of the Tsars and the rise of the Soviet Union (7,10) |
| SPRING | A fountainhead; the rise of the sea to its extreme height; or, a beginning, birth, dawn or freshest time, hence the vernal season of growth, when buds and plants bloom and burst forth (6) |
| MCNEILL | Historian William H. ___, author of "The Rise of the West" |
| ARI | Actress Graynor of Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty |
| NOTE | Record the rise of the public school (4) |
| DOH | Note the rise of the brickcarrier (3) |
| ODDER | More uncommon than the rise of the Communist Party (5) |
| JOHNCREILLY | He plays team owner Jerry Buss on HBO's Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty: 3 wds. |
| AVATAR | Both the girl and the sailor witnessed the incarnation (6) |
| ANDYSERKIS | English actor whose films include Black Panther, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes and the Lord Of The Rings series (4,6) |
| WARMEMOIRS | General recollections in the words of a number of people who witnessed the fight (3,7) |
| MARYMAGDALENE | Jewish woman who witnessed the crucifixion of Jesus |
| PETERCHERNIN | Co-producer of the film Underwater who also co-produced the 2011 film Rise of the Planet of the Apes: 2 wds. |
| FRANCO | James -, star of the film Rise of the Planet of the Apes (6) |
| HACKSAW | Poor journalist witnessed the cutting edge (7) |
| VIEWED | Witnessed the struggle with married (6) |
