- SPOILER
- Reason for an alert
- Louse
- Surprise-ruining info
- It ruins the surprise
- Grandma, at times
- Noncontender that beats a pennant race team, e.g.
- Minor party candidate, often
- Third-party candidate, perhaps
- Ralph Nader in the 2000 election, according to Gore supporters
- Alert follower, perhaps
- Information that ruins the ending
- Unwanted information, usually
- Solution revealer
- Plot-info giveaway
- Unwelcome news
- Unwelcome giveaway
- Lousy team that wrecks a contender's chances
- Plunderer.
- Depredator.
- Pillager.
- Robber.
- Indulgent one.
- Fly in the ointment
- Team that scores upsets
- Party pooper
- Killjoy
- Auto option
- Unwanted plot giveaway
- Unread part of a movie review, maybe
- Surprise giveaway?
- You may want to stop reading when you see this
- Darth Vader is Luke's father, e.g.
- Plot ruiner
- No-no in a film review
- Revealing who did it when reviewing a whodunnit, e.g.
- Key plot point giveaway
- It was a dream, say, for a movie
- ___ alert!
- Sporty auto option
- Suspense killer
- 68-Across is DYES, for example
- 15-Down is TAT, e.g.
- Movie reviewer's no-no
- Rosebud is a sled, e.g.
