Tuff Crosswords

This puzzle was originally made with movies, but those were harder to come up with good entries for. The only one I really liked split TRON across BEST RAP SONG to form BE STRONG. I needed a category that had lots of clear, short entries, so people's names was my go-to, and I think the result was a lot better. Turns out I was still able to use my favorite entry from the movies puzzle, the only difference being that RON was now split. Other movie puzzles I wasn't able to use include: T(HE) SOP(R)ANOS --> THERANOS [HER]  T(HE) SHAPE OF W(AT)ER --> THEATER [HEAT] (this one was gold too since all three parts are movie-themed Name entries I wasn't able to use include: H(AR)D ACT TO FOL(LO)W --> HARLOW [ARLO] MAD(E) A BEE(LI)NE --> MADELINE [ELI] PU(B)LIC PROP(ERT)Y --> PUBERTY [BERT] T(R)OPIC OF CAPR(ICO)RN --> TRICORN [RICO] TEA(CH) TO THE T(E)ST --> TEA CHEST [CHE] TW(IN) ENGI(NE)S --> TWINES [INES] TE(C)TONIC PL(ATE) --> TECATE [CATE] T(E)SLA ROAD(S...