| ALOUETTE | Children's song that's based on an old work song melody |
| POONA | An old work about an Indian city |
| RETREAD | Hackneyed work based on an old idea |
| COTTONEYEJOE | 1994 Eurodance hit based on an old American folk song |
| DEVILMAYCRY | Adult animated urban fantasy series on Netflix that's based on a video game: 3 wds. |
| THECUPHEADSHOW | Adult animated slapstick comedy series on Netflix that's based on a video game: 3 wds. |
| FLOATINGBRIDGE | Drifting towards game that's based on pontoon (8,6) |
| BLACKMONDAY | Comedy that's based on a big new story in 1987 |
| WELLFOUNDED | Cathedral city briefly established? That's based on sound evidence (4-7) |
| THELASTOFUS | New TV series that's based on a video game (3) |
| FICTION | Redhead scorns conflict that's based on pure fantasy |
| CHANGES | 2003 number one single by Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne based on an old Black Sabbath song (7) |
| ISLAND | Based on an Old English word meaning "watery", a mass of terra firma such as a cay, key, eyot, inch, holm, skerry or any other one of those forming an archipelago (6) |
| ELIJAH | Mendelssohn oratorio based on an Old Testament prophet |
| PRINCEIGOR | Borodin opera based on an old Russian epic (6,4) |
| KATO | Bruce Lee role based on an old radio character |
| TRAININGDAY | 2017 TV series that's based on a Denzel Washington movie and stars Bill Paxton as a cop: 2 wds. |
| APRIORI | The lead in Antigone at The Abbey isn't finished - for one, that's based on theoretical deduction (1,6) |
| RIVERDALE | CW series produced by Greg Berlanti that's based on the characters of Archie Comics |
| GOODOMENS | Series starring Michael Sheen and David Tennant that's based on a Terry Pratchett novel (4,5) |
