| LINGUINE | 1 Across little tongues * (8) |
| LINGUINI | Type of pasta whose name derives from 'little tongues' in Italian (8) |
| DIMINISH | Bowl spread across little sink |
| CLAVICLE | Bone from one hanging in the cold, executed, thrown across small room |
| SWEETEN | Gun put across little cushion (7) |
| METRIC | Ran across little Richard in verse (6) |
| TIMOTHEE | With 35-Across Little Women actor who plays the lead character Paul Atreides in Dune |
| TOSPEAKOF | Worth mentioning base is back across small summit |
| OFSORTS | Old strongholds coming across small and inferior |
| PURSESEINE | Fishing net put straight across small French river |
| RESERVOIR | 21, I've swum across small lake (9) |
| ALAN | With 55 Across, 'Little Miss Sunshine' Oscar winner |
| GOODGOLLY | With 38-Across, Little Richard song |
| SUGARANDSPICE | With 49-Across, little girls? |
| TATER | With 66-Across, little source of carbs |
| MELISSA | With 39-Across, "Little House on the Prairie" actress who ran for a congressional seat in Michigan in 2016 |
| ABIGAIL | With 16-Across, "Little Miss Sunshine" actress born April 14, 1996 |
| MYRTLE | See 18 Across, 14 across small tree with colourful flowers (5,6) |
| GULCH | 20 Across small child from deep valley |
| CREPE | 14 Across small tree with colourful flowers (5,6) |
