| THREEMUSKETEERS | With "The," classic novel, each of whose major characters is hiding in a row of this puzzle |
| SHARKINFESTEDWATERS | Dangerous area for those in the top row of this puzzle, and a hint to the words under the six black tins in the grid |
| ZZTOP | Rock band whose name is suggested by the first row of this puzzle |
| ABOMINABLE | Hateful male I arrest is hiding in a trunk (10) |
| MANSION | No man is hiding in a castle! (7) |
| TRAGEDY | Drama genre in which major characters meet a grim end (7) |
| SOLDIERON | Major characters at the end of 27 across don't give up (7,2) |
| BREAKINGBAD | #3 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time (as of 2016) ... and a hint to what the black squares are doing in four rows of this puzzle |
| HIPPO | Augustine of -; one of the Latin Fathers of the Church; a Christian thinker whose major works include Confessions and The City of God (5) |
| DOC | MD (a pair of which are found in three rows of this puzzle) |
| GEARSHIFT | Auto part, and a clue to what's going on in five rows of this puzzle |
| WIZARDOFOZ | With "The," classic 1939 movie that will reappear in theaters across the country later this month in honor of its 85th anniversary |
| MEWS | Me and my son have a place in Weymouth that's in a row of houses converted from stables (4) |
| THESPOILS | They're divided by victors, and divided in four rows of this puzzle |
| EXTRATERRESTRIAL | Full version of movie with two characters is out of this world |
| CARLYLE | Born in Ecclefechan in 1795, the historian, philosopher and satirist whose major works include Sartor Resartus and The French Revolution: A History (7) |
| MINIBACCARAT | Casino game with a smaller maximum number of players compared with the classic version |
| WAUGH | Novelist whose major works include Decline and Fall, A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited and the Sword of Honour trilogy (5) |
| WAIKATO | Region of New Zealand's North Island whose major centre is the city of Hamilton |
| AIDA | Verdi opera in which the King of Egypt is a major character (4) |
