| CELEBRATIONS | 20 across and 42 across |
| BYEBYEBYE | 2000 NSYNC hit whose title suggests a farewell, and a hint to the starts of 17-Across, 34-Across and 42-Across |
| TRAFFICLIGHTS | Signals using parts of 20 Across, 34 Across and 42 Across (13) |
| ACADEMYAWARDS | 18-Across and 42-Across were the first Spanish actress and actor to win these honors: 2 wds. |
| NURSERYRHYMES | What 20- Across and 39- Across are |
| MIXEDDOUBLES | Tennis match with teams of men and women, or what 18- and 25-Across and 42- and 55-Across literally have |
| ASTOPPED | (and 14 across, 20 across and 21 across) Proverb suggesting that even normally unreliable people or things can occasionally get it right (8) |
| MINERALOGIST | Apt profession for one who is 20-, 35- and 42- Across? |
| WHATHAVEWEHERE | Phrase you may say after the clues to 20-, 25- and 42- Across |
| ELBOW | Appropriately, word that can precede the first words of 10- and 20-Across and 32- and 38-Down |
| LOOSEENDS | Final details to take care of ... and, literally, what the last words of 20-Across and 10- and 29-Do |
| VANGOGH | Dutch artist portrayed by 15-Across 20-Across and 34-Across: 2 wds. |
| CARBONFOOTPRINT | What an environmentalist wants to reduce in 20 across and 24 across and most of 19 down (6,9) |
| BREAKINGBAD | Vince Gilligan TV drama, and a hint to something happening in 20-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| ALICE | And 3 Down: 2023 thriller film starring 13 Across, 20 Across and 19 Down (5,7) |
| NBCNIGHTLY | With 19-Across, 20-Across, and 24-Across, long-running show |
| HAUNTED | With 66-Across, spooky property that might include a 20-Across and a 7-, 25- and 28-Down |
| DUSTINHOFFMAN | See 20-Across and 54-Across |
| LITERALLY | Commonly misused adverb, or how to read the clues to 17-, 36- and 42- Across |
| CLEANENERGY | "Green" topic suggested by the starts of 20-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
