| MADE | (& 29-across, 30-across) How noose-maker survived financially (4,4,4) |
| ROPE | Noose maker |
| ONEHUNDRED | With 29-and 30-Across, how old 11-Across was when she passed away this week; she lived up to her name! |
| HOLLYWOOD | Once Upon a Time in _, 2019 film directed by 17 Down, and starring 4 Across, 30 Across & 31 Across (9) |
| ONELOVE | Bob Marley: ___, 2024 biopic starring 10 Across, 30 Across, and 9 down (3,4) |
| ASTEROID | _ City, 2023 sci-fi romcom with 16 Across, 30 Across, 9 Down and 23 Down (8) |
| PRECHRISTMAS | and 29: Across Consumer guide for this week -- see intervening answers (3-9,8,4) |
| ITHASCIRCLES | With 50-Across, how one can tell that this puzzle was |
| SELFEDUCATED | Did one's exercises on one's own at the start of 18 across - how informed is that? (4-8) |
| ARE | Across"How __ you doing?" |
| DUH | Across"How obvious" |
| THEGREATEST | With 60-Across, how 26-Across 49-Across and 39-Across described their circus |
| TOBEORNOTTOBE | Hamlet's dilemma ... with a phonetic hint for the last words of 17- and 29-Across and the first words of 45- and 63-Across |
| WRATH | _ of Man, 2021 heist film directed by 20 DOWN and starring 16 Across, 21 Across, 26 Across, & 29 Across (5) |
| CHALAMET | Timothee who recently matched 14-Across's record, with "Wonka" and 29-Across both hitting #1 in eight months as well; 14-Across congratulated him in an Instagram post yesterday |
| ROMOLA | And 29 Across She has starred in Emma and The Crimson Petal and the White (6,5) |
| DETECTIVES | What 17-Across and 29-Across are in Agatha Christie mysteries |
| PRO | It's a plus, and what must be added to 14-, 20- and 29-Across |
| RAINONME | 2020 #1 hit by 14-Across and 29-Across: 3 wds. |
| ENTERING | With 18-Across and 29-Across, Jack White's latest album |