| CURIOSITY | ___ killed the cat, saying (9) |
| WHIPSAW | Cat saying 'tree cutter'? (7) |
| MEME | Image of Grumpy Cat saying, "I had fun once. It was awful," e.g. |
| METAPHORS | "Curiosity killed the cat" and "Jeff Probst is the Big Bird of post-monocultural social ontology," for two |
| VIDEO | ___ Killed the Radio Star, 1979 hit song for the Buggles (5) |
| BEAUTY | "It was ___ killed the beast." |
| ADAGE | "Curiosity killed the cat," e.g. |
| INQUISITIVENESS | Its synonym killed the cat |
| THEOLDCURIOSITYSHOP | Novel thing that killed the cat in photos held for developing |
| RADIOSTAR | Video Killed The - - -, the Buggles song (5,4) |
| GILGAMESH | In Mesopotamian mythology, he and Enkidu killed the Bull of Heaven |
| ORBE | Kill ___ killed (law of the jungle) |
| MANWHO | Adam Driver film The _ Killed Don Quixote (3,3) |
| SLEW | Skid round ___ killed (4) |
| EREI | I kissed thee ___ ___ killed thee: Othello (3,1) |
| BOAT | A fire on a diving ___ killed 34 (4) |
| IKNOWWHO | "___ ___ ___ Killed Me"; Lindsay Lohan film |
| MORO | Italian statesman Aldo ___, killed in 1978 |
| FLU | Avian ___ killed 50,000 wild birds in U.K. (3) |
| MINOS | In myth, the king of Crete at the time that Theseus penetrated the labyrinth and killed the Minotaur |