| ROUND | With 45-Across, location for the theme entries |
| JUNKDRAWER | Location for the ends of the answers to the four starred clues |
| PIG | "Pearls Before Swine" character [See the NOTE for the theme of this puzzle.] |
| ADELE | Singer who won an Oscar for the theme to "Skyfall" |
| HAPPYBIRTHDAY | WISH FOR THE THEME FOLKS (two words) |
| ISAAC | Singer-songwriter known for the Theme from Shaft, ___ Hayes |
| PSI | Letter ineligible for the theme |
| MAPPERTON | Home to the Earl and Countess of Sandwich in Hardy country that was used as a location for the 2015 film Far from the Madding Crowd (9) |
| HATFIELD | - House; seat of one branch of the Cecil family since 1611 that was used as a location for The King's Speech, Paddington and The Favourite (8) |
| CLARE | County in the Republic of Ireland, the main filming location for the TV sitcom Father Ted (5) |
| MANHATTAN | Location for the hit television series Sex And The City |
| OFFBEAT | Unusual location for the rest of the constabulary |
| HORSEGUARDS | ___ Parade, location for the Trooping of the Colour (5,6) |
| PRIDEROCK | Location for the opening of "The Lion King" |
| TANDU | Letters Of the alphabet, which are, fittingly for 2021's first crossword, the initials of the theme entries |
| FIRE | Word with the last word of the theme entries |
| WESTBAY | Slipway and harbour forming part of the Jurassic Coast, used as location for the series Broadchurch (4,3) |
| KEDLESTON | - Hall; house in Derbyshire designed by Robert Adam that was used as a location for The Duchess with Keira Knightley (9) |
| MILDENHALL | RAF station in Suffolk, location for the 1941 World War II documentary film Target for Tonight |
| LIVINGROOM | A Beaujolais '51, perhaps, and prime location for the family (6-4) |
