| REMICK | Lee -, Best Actress Oscar nominee for Days of Wine and Roses |
| TITLE | Days of wine and roses, they weren't, as Dickens would warrant! (4,5) |
| HORS | Days of wine and roses, they weren't, as Dickens would warrant! (4,5) |
| LEEREMICK | Jack Lemmon's "Days of Wine and Roses" (1962) costar |
| ROSES | 'Days of Wine and --', 1962 film directed by Blake Edwards (5) |
| SARAHJMAAS | Best-selling author of the "Court of Thorns and Roses" and "Throne of Glass" "romantasy" series: 3 wds. |
| WINE | Days of ___ and Roses 1962 drama film starring Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick |
| STRASBERG | Lee, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for The Godfather: Part II (9) |
| ROMANTASY | Portmanteau literary genre for "A Court of Thorns and Roses" |
| NOSTALGIA | Sat in gaol devastated by yearning for days of old (9) |
| SALEM | Fictional town that provides the setting for Days of Our Lives |
| DOOL | Sometimes used abbr. for Days of Our Lives |
| CUTS | Deep ___ ("Black Heart" and "Roses" for Carly Rae Jepsen, e.g.) |
| FAE | Immortal being in "A Court of Thorns and Roses" |
| SARAH | "A Court of Thorns and Roses" author ___ J. Maas |
| EEL | Traditional Japanese food for Day of the Ox |
| SATURDAY | What word comes from the Latin for "day of Saturn"? (8) |
| SABBATH | South American bishop going to spa for day of relaxation |
| GUNS | '_and Roses." old heavy- metal rock band (4) |
| FOIST | Impose on florist with no lilies and roses initially (5) |