| BRAIN | With 25-Across, a puzzle |
| SEA | With 25-Across, a marine mollusk |
| HEE | With 25-Across, a farm call |
| ESS | Suffix with 25- Across |
| THEONLYTHINGWE | With 25-Across, 37-Across, 48-Across and 57-Across, late night partier's quote |
| OWL | _ City, had a hit with Good Time with 25 Across (3) |
| BAOBAB | With 25-Across, it has a huge trunk |
| HELEN | With 25-Across, star of 21-Across |
| THEBIRTH | With 25-Across, 2016 film about a slave rebellion: 2 wds. |
| LETRIP | Allow letters associated with 25 across to deliver a tirade (3,3) |
| LUCKOFTHEIRISH | With 25-Across: Just happening to get the brunch mug with extra Baileys in it? |
| UTNE | With 25-Across, digital magazine with the slogan "Cure ignorance" |
| WECANT | With 25-Across and 32-Across, tagline for "The Blackening" |
| HERCULE | With 25-Across, role Kenneth Branagh reprises in "A Haunting in Venice" |
| DAWNOF | With 25-Across and 26-Across, upcoming "Chicken Run" sequel |
| SELENA | With 25-Across, singer of "Single Soon" (which was co-produced by 1-Across) |
| VANESSA | With 25-Across, actress who plays a grifter turned crime solver in "Wild Cards" |
| TIK | With 25-Across, app that's spawned many a dance craze |
| JOKER | With 25-Across, 2024 film in which Lady Gaga takes a turn as Harley Quinn |
| JORDYN | With 25-Across: ex-(?)friend of 12-Across after their 2019 falling-out; the Elle piece mentions that they recently hung out together, however |
