| YOUVEGOTMAIL | 1998 Hanks/Ryan rom-com ... or a hint to the starts of 20-, 34- and 41-Across |
| BOYMEETSGIRL | Beginning of a rom-com ... or a description of 20-, 36- and 41-Across? |
| YOUVE | "___ Got Mail" (Hanks/Ryan rom-com) |
| LINEDANCING | Honky-tonk activity, and a description of the first parts of 20-, 34- and 41- Across |
| PERSONALFOUL | Illegal contact by Larry Bird, and a phonetic hint to 20-, 34- and 41- Across |
| TURNINGTHETIDE | Making a comeback (and a hint to the starts of 20-, 34-, and 41-Across) |
| YOUCANCALLMEAL | 1986 hit song for Paul Simon ... or an instruction from the starts of 20-, 34- and 41-Across? |
| HAIRYSITUATION | Predicament that might be avoided using the starts of 20-, 34- and 41-Across? |
| DEATHLYHALLOWS | Set of legendary objects from the Harry Potter series found at the ends of 20-, 34- and 41-Across |
| GOTMAIL | Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan rom-com, You've ... (3,4) |
| INSEATTLE | Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan rom-com, Sleepless ... (2,7) |
| AOL | Co. in Meg Ryan rom-com "You've Got Mail" (1998) |
| YEAROFTHEMONKEY | 2004 ... with a hint to the starts of 20-, 34- and 51-Across |
| THEBIGBADWOLF | Literary villain whose modus operandi is described by the ends of 20-, 34-, and 41-Across |
| MAIL | Meg Ryan rom-com, You've Got ___ |
| METSALLY | Meg Ryan rom-com, When Harry _ (3,5) |
| SEATTLE | Meg Ryan rom-com, Sleepless in ... (7) |
| SAPPY | Like many a rom-com or maple tree |
| FRONTALNUDITY | Feature of Botticelli's Venus, and a hint to 20-, 34- and 41-Across |
| GENRE | Rom-com or horror |
