| THETERMINATOR | Time traveler sent to kill or protect Sarah Connor (depending on the year): 2 wds. |
| UPPSALA | Somewhere in Sweden at university the old man protects Sarah (7) |
| ATROCIUS | ____ in urbe saevitum, savagery went on even more horrifically in the city (Tacitus on the Year of Four Emperors, Hist. 1. 2) |
| THEFIFTEEN | Term for the Jacobite uprising initiated by John Erskine (based on the year) (3,7) |
| BIOTERRORISM | The use of living organisms and their toxic products to kill or incapacitate (3-9) |
| ENSCONCE | Word meaning to cover or protect with an earthwork originally, later to hide safely; or, to cuddle up, nestle, settle or snuggle, as in a large warm comfortable armchair (8) |
| IMAGINE | "... there's no countries, It isn't hard to do, Nothing to kill or die for, No religion too, ... all |
| PERSISTENT | Word often applied to weeds that are difficult to kill, or pesticides that remain active for a long period (10) |
| GARTHBROOKS | "The Dance" singer who won the 2016 CMA Award for Entertainer of the Year: 2 wds. |
| CALMDOWN | You Need to ___ 2019 song by Taylor Swift which won the MTV Video of the Year: 2 wds. |
| AMANDAGORMAN | The Hill We Climb poet who is one of Time's 2022 Women of the Year: 2 wds. |
| LINDAHAMILTON | She played Sarah Connor in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day": 2 wds. |
| AVERAGING | Affirm putting on the years or reducing to a mean (9) |
| WEAPON | Instrument to kill or injure (6) |
| DRESSED | To kill or with oil and vinegar perhaps (7) |
| DANGEROUS | Likely to kill or harm you |
| ATTEMPT | A bid to kill or seriously harm someone (7) |
| POPEFRANCIS | Vatican leader who was Time's 2013 Person of the Year: 2 wds. |
| DONALDTRUMP | US leader who was Time's 2016 Person of the Year: 2 wds. |
| GRETATHUNBERG | Teen activist who was Time's 2019 Person of the Year: 2 wds. |
