| WOODSTOCK | Iconic August 1969 music festival, four of whose performers appear in the answers to 17-, 36-, 46- and 55-Across |
| TONIGHTSHOW | With "The," post-prime time fare since the '50s, four of whose regular hosts appear in sequence in t |
| RIVER | Blue line on a map, eight of which appear in the answers to the starred clues |
| BLUEY | Children's TV show whose characters appear in the answers to asterisked clues (5) |
| EBOR | ___ Festival, four-day horseracing event held each August at York (4) |
| REEF | Band from Glastonbury who have played their local festival four times (4) |
| THEMASTERS | April golf tournament, four of whose winners appear in 17-, 24-, 40- and 52-Across |
| GIMMEABREAK | 1980s Nell Carter sitcom, and a hint to the puzzle theme found in the ends of 17-, 32-, 39- and 46-A |
| BILLMURRAY | "Send the invoice to WJM's Mr. Slaughter" or star of 17-A, 27-A, 38-A and 46-A |
| LITERALLY | Commonly misused adverb, or how to read the clues to 17-, 36- and 42- Across |
| ROYA | Persian name meaning "dream" or "fantasy," which is hidden in 20-A, 28-A, 46-A and 57-A |
| SLEEVE | The 36 in a 17/36 shirt |
| USEFOWLLANGUAGE | What the starts of the answers to 17-, |
| CHARLESMANSON | Cult leader whose followers committed multiple murders in July and August 1969, including actress Sharon Tate (7,6) |
| GOGODANCE | Entertainment whose performer might wear high boots that begins with the opposite of "stop" repeated: 2 wds., 1 hyph. |
| BRIT | Resident of 46-A, for short |
| HAIRMETAL | Music genre whose performers have big 'dos |
| WOODBONDFESTIVAL | Event of August 1969 |
| EIGHTSONGS | and 6dn, 1969 music-theatre piece by Peter Maxwell Davies and Randolph Stow (5,5,3,1,3,4) |
| FORAMADKING | see 1ac, 1969 music-theatre piece by Peter Maxwell Davies and Randolph Stow (5,5,3,1,3,4) |
