The completed grid is shown below.
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2 | T | H | E | E | R | O | P | E | R | U | G | N | E | X | T |
3 | R | U | N | N | I | N | G | N | O | T | H | U | R | E | A |
4 | E | U | R | U | S | A | O | R | T | A | M | O | T | E | T |
5 | L | E | A | P | A | T | T | O | N | T | O | H | U | M | S |
6 | A | L | T | U | T | E | R | U | S | N | A | S | S | E | R |
7 | T | O | N | G | A | N | E | A | T | H | E | I | D | E | A |
8 | O | M | A | N | I | S | C | A | N | E | N | R | O | L | L |
9 | L | A | D | I | S | L | A | V | E | A | R | P | I | G | S |
10 | A | V | I | A | N | A | P | P | L | E | J | A | C | K | S |
11 | T | I | G | H | T | H | O | S | T | C | A | N | I | N | E |
12 | V | I | S | A | V | I | S | J | O | D | H | P | U | R | S |
13 | L | O | G | E | L | A | N | S | B | E | T | O | N | I | T |
14 | P | I | E | G | O | L | I | A | T | H | C | A | R | E | S |
15 | A | R | M | O | R | I | A | L | A | M | I | A | B | L | E |
16 | S | T | I | N | E | R | E | S | T | A | R | T | I | N | G |
In the 1955 movie The Court Jester, Hubert Hawkins must avoid the pellet with the poison that involves a vessel with a pestle, a chalice from a palace, and a flagon with a dragon (clip here).
Flagon answers can be arranged so that their contents show "a flagon with a dragon" (Vermithrax Pejorative)
M A R S VERMITHRAX PEJORATIVE
Vessel answers can be arranged so that their contents show "a vessel with a pestle" (surikogi). (Note that the two Is are interchangeable.)
JUN GLE SURIKOGI
Chalice answers can be arranged so that their contents show "a chalice from a palace" (Versailles). (Note that the repeated letters are interchangeable.)
T O UR VERSAILLES
In addition, the cups' contents include the words MARS JUNGLE TOUR. Bruno Mars' third tour was the Moonshine Jungle Tour, so the answer is MOONSHINE.