| ANGORAS | Wool sources that were the subject of a 2013 PETA expose |
| QUEEN | Band who were the subject of the film Bohemian Rhapsody, which bagged its star, Rami Malek, a plethora of acting accolades during the 2019 awards season (5) |
| RAGEAGAINSTTHEMACHINE | American band who in 2009 were the subject of a campaign for one of their songs to be UK Christmas Number One |
| TUT | His relics were the subject of a 1970s Met exhibit |
| ANGELA | Her ashes were the subject of a Frank McCourt memoir |
| TAP | Spinal _, fictional heavy metal band who were the subject of a 1984 mockumentary film (3) |
| KYLO | Ren whose high-waisted pants in "The Last Jedi" were the subject of much Internet mockery |
| NOTREDAME | 1988 college football champs who went 12-0 and were the subject of the book "Unbeatable" |
| RABBITS | These animals were the subject of Richard Adams' Watership Down |
| ORAL | The type of sources that provided most of the Grimms' fairy tales, though some were from print (4) |
| ITAYEAR | Words that follow Give to give the title of a 2013 show which featured the fortunes of new businesses (2,1,4) |
| BABYSWAP | SYDNEY AND GRACE WERE THE SUBJECTS OF THIS DAYS STORY (two words) |
| ELYSIAN | Fields that were the abode of the blessed in Greek myth (7) |
| ROAR | 2013 Katy Perry song that sounds like the platonic ideal of a 2013 Katy Perry song |
| EASTINDIES | South East Asia and the spice islands that were the target of Dutch, English and Portuguese navigato |
| HEADBAND | Athletic accessory that's also the title of a 2013 B.o.B. hip-hop hit |
| LANECLOSED | Road sign at the center of a 2013 Chris Christie scandal |
| RANDOM | A - Encounter, UK title of a 2013 film featuring Meghan Markle (6) |
| IWISH | "Would that that were the case!" |
| GTOS | Classic cars that were the first to have Ram Air engines |
