“The Wreck of the Mary ___”, or archaic spelling for a word used to start a letter
14A
1d’s little companion
15A
an 6a native with wings
16A
Chinese philosopher Chu ___
17A
Santa compass direction, in Mexico
18A
Follow the ___ road
22A
“I don’t tells dah true…___”
23A
“___-la-la” ”The Merry Old Land of 31a6a” lyric
24A
”The _____”, with 31- and 6a- in that order, movie at the heart of this puzzle
26A
Age category for 1d
27A
The theme, in Hungarian, or a different kind of meme
28A
Pandemonium, like many an event in 24- 31- and 6- across
29A
Song finishers
30A
Cybertruck maker
31A
See 24a
32A
Kings of Spain
Verticales
1D
Protagonists of 24- 31- and 6- across, and speaker of “ 14a, I’ve a feeling we’re not in 21d anymore” (constructor’s note: this answer has been spelled incorrectly and is missing its second “o”. Apologies)
2D
“Marriage is ___”: Cervantes… guess he preferred not to be hanged
3D
What was done to soil or eggs
4D
___’ clock, approximately 1 hour after the tornado hit 1d’s home
5D
Category with sub genres including house, techno and trap, briefly
6D
Italian town in the Viterbo province with a name that translates to “places” in English
7D
“___ 101” (former Nickelodeon sitcom)
9D
“OMG so cute!”
10D
Russian rap group who won 2008’s MTV Russia Music Award for Best Hip Hop Project
11D
Kick back, or what the song featuring 23a depicts of how its residents live
15D
Gave the grass a haircut
17D
Betes ___ (something disliked)
19D
Soft wool source
20D
Often confused with Cajun
21D
Tornado riddled state that’s a locale of 24- 31- and 6- across